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Insert a post into WordPress from an external script
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<?php | |
// Load WordPress | |
require_once 'path/to/www/wp-load.php'; | |
require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/taxonomy.php'; | |
// Set the timezone so times are calculated correctly | |
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); | |
// Create post | |
$id = wp_insert_post(array( | |
'post_title' => $title, | |
'post_content' => $content, | |
'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), | |
'post_author' => $user_id, | |
'post_type' => 'post', | |
'post_status' => 'publish', | |
)); | |
if ($id) { | |
// Set category - create if it doesn't exist yet | |
wp_set_post_terms($id, wp_create_category('My Category'), 'category'); | |
// Add meta data, if required | |
add_post_meta($id, 'meta_key', $metadata); | |
} else { | |
echo "WARNING: Failed to insert post into WordPress\n"; | |
} |
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