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hissy / gist:7352933
Created November 7, 2013 11:07
[WordPress] Add file to media library programmatically
<?php
$file = '/path/to/file.png';
$filename = basename($file);
$upload_file = wp_upload_bits($filename, null, file_get_contents($file));
if (!$upload_file['error']) {
$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null );
$attachment = array(
'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
'post_parent' => $parent_post_id,