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<?php
/**
* Update Custom Terms
*
* @author Fred Bradley <@fredbradley>
* @version 1.0
* @since Since Release 1.0.0
*/
function update_station_tag_list($post_id) {
// only update terms if it's a post-type-B post
if ( 'station' != get_post_type($post_id)) {
return;
}
// don't create or update terms for system generated posts
if (get_post_status($post_id) == 'auto-draft') {
return;
}
/*
* Grab the post title and slug to use as the new
* or updated term name and slug
*/
$term_title = get_the_title($post_id);
$term_slug = get_post( $post_id )->post_name;
$debug = wp_set_post_terms( $post_id, $term_title, 'post_tag', true );
if ( is_wp_error( $debug ) ) {
$error_string = $debug->get_error_message();
return '<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . $error_string . '</p></div>';
}
/*
* Check if a corresponding term already exists by comparing
* the post ID to all existing term descriptions.
*/
$existing_terms = get_terms('post_tag', array(
'hide_empty' => false
)
);
foreach($existing_terms as $term) {
if ($term->description == $post_id) {
//term already exists, so update it and we're done
wp_update_term($term->term_id, 'post_tag', array(
'name' => $term_title,
'slug' => $term_slug
)
);
return;
}
}
/*
* If we didn't find a match above, this is a new post,
* so create a new term.
*/
wp_insert_term($term_title, 'post_tag', array(
'slug' => $term_slug,
'description' => $post_id
)
);
}
//run the update function whenever a post is created or edited
add_action('save_post', 'update_station_tag_list');
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