WDS WP-CLI 101 Putting It Together

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/**
 * Generate posts with meta values.
 *
 * @param Array $args Arguments in array format.
 * @param Array $assoc_args Key value arguments stored in associated array format.
 * @since 1.0.0
 * @author Scott Anderson
 */
public function generate_posts( $args, $assoc_args ) {

  // Get Post Details.
  $desired_posts_to_generate = (int) $args[0]; // First argument is how many posts should be generated.
  $title_prepend = $args[1]; // Second argument should be the title of posts generated. This will be used with index in loop to generate a title.
  $author_id = (int) $args[2]; // Id of author who to assign generated post to.

  $progress = \WP_CLI\Utils\make_progress_bar( 'Generating Posts', $desired_posts_to_generate );

  for ( $i = 0; $i < $desired_posts_to_generate; $i++ ) {

    // Code used to generate a post.
    $my_post = array(
      'post_title'  => $title_prepend . ' ' . ($i + 1),
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'post_author' => $author_id,
      'post_type'   => 'post',
      'tags_input'  => [ 'generated' ],
      'meta_input'  => $assoc_args, // Simply passes all key value pairs to posts generated that can be used in testing.
    );

    // Insert the post into the database.
    wp_insert_post( $my_post );

    $progress->tick();
  }

  $progress->finish();
  WP_CLI::success( $desired_posts_to_generate. ' posts generated!' ); // Prepends Success to message
}