I have a custom post type to which I'd like to programmatically import data. I have followed these instructions and these, and I can easily do it for WP typical pages and posts.
However, my custom post type has custom fields for, for example, longitude and latitude. How do I figure how how those names (array keys) should be referred to in the post array?
$defaults = array(
'comment_status' => 'closed',
'ping_status' => 'closed',
'post_author' => $author_id,
'post_name' => $slug,
'post_title' => $title,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'custom-post-type',
longitude => $my_long, // <- what's the key here?
latitude => $my_lat // <- what's the key here?
);
$images = array_of_images; // <- how do these get added?
There are about 40 extra fields I have to add data to.
Additionally, each of my items of content has image attachments, and I want to programmatically add those as well (either from a URL or from my local hard drive, whichever approach is best).
As an answer, I'm looking for a very simple, but fully functioning script (or at least fully complete pseudo code) that would take into account all the programmatic steps I need to take to get a post into the database with it's related image attachments. The result should be the same as if I filled out all the fields, uploaded media, and hit "Publish" from within Wordpress.
I have a custom post type to which I'd like to programmatically import data. I have followed these instructions and these, and I can easily do it for WP typical pages and posts.
However, my custom post type has custom fields for, for example, longitude and latitude. How do I figure how how those names (array keys) should be referred to in the post array?
$defaults = array(
'comment_status' => 'closed',
'ping_status' => 'closed',
'post_author' => $author_id,
'post_name' => $slug,
'post_title' => $title,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'custom-post-type',
longitude => $my_long, // <- what's the key here?
latitude => $my_lat // <- what's the key here?
);
$images = array_of_images; // <- how do these get added?
There are about 40 extra fields I have to add data to.
Additionally, each of my items of content has image attachments, and I want to programmatically add those as well (either from a URL or from my local hard drive, whichever approach is best).
As an answer, I'm looking for a very simple, but fully functioning script (or at least fully complete pseudo code) that would take into account all the programmatic steps I need to take to get a post into the database with it's related image attachments. The result should be the same as if I filled out all the fields, uploaded media, and hit "Publish" from within Wordpress.
Share Improve this question edited Nov 11, 2014 at 0:19 user658182 asked Aug 28, 2014 at 5:12 user658182user658182 6252 gold badges14 silver badges35 bronze badges 2 |3 Answers
Reset to default 12You should first run the wp_insert_post() which will return the post ID. Then use that post ID to add your custom fields. Use add_post_meta() to add the custom fields.
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $args );
add_post_meta( $post_id, 'longitude', $my_long );
add_post_meta( $post_id, 'latitude', $my_lat );
For image attachments, you can refer to this question: How to set featured image to custom post from outside programmatically
Completely untested but I just threw this together:
$post_data = array (
'comment_status' => 'closed',
'ping_status' => 'closed',
'post_author' => $author_id,
'post_name' => $slug,
'post_title' => $title,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'custom-post-type',
);
$post_ID = wp_insert_post( $post_data );
if ( ! is_wp_error( $post_ID ) ) {
$post_meta = get_post_meta( $post_ID );
if ( $post_meta ) {
foreach ( $post_meta as $key => $value ) {
if ( preg_match('/(\.jpg|\.png)$/', $value ) {
$file = file_get_contents( $value );
$tmpfname = tempnam( '/tmp', 'img' );
$handle = fopen( $tmpfname );
fwrite( $handle, $file );
if ( getimagesize( $tmpfname ) ) {
$image_url = $value;
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$image_data = file_get_contents( $image_url );
$filename = end( explode( '/', $image_url ) );
$fileName = end( explode( '/', $filename ) );
$uploadDir = end( explode( 'uploads', $imageUrl ) );
$uploadDir = str_replace( $fileName, '', $uploadDir );
$filename = $fileName;
if ( wp_mkdir_p( $upload_dir['path'] ) ) {
$file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . $uploadDir . $filename;
} else {
$file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . $uploadDir . $filename;
}
file_put_contents( $file, $image_data );
$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype( $filename, null );
$attachment = array (
'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
'post_title' => sanitize_file_name( $filename ),
'post_content' => '',
'post_status' => 'inherit',
);
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $file, $post_ID );
// Include image.php
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file );
wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );
}
fclose( $handle );
} else {
add_post_meta( $post_ID, $key, $value );
}
}
}
}
The code should be self-documenting, but feel free to ask if you've got any questions or if it doesn't work.
<?php
require_once 'wp-load.php'; //path of wp-load.php
$name = 'my post';
$content = 'dummy Content here';
$featured_image = 'fullimage url.jpg'; //pass here full image url
$post_data = array(
'post_title' => wp_strip_all_tags( $name ),
'post_content' => $content,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_author' => 1,
'post_category' => array(1,2),
'page_template' => ''
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post_data, $error_obj );
// for custom field
//add_post_meta( $post_id, 'post_date', 'Dec 5, 2018' ); // second parameter is your custom field name, 3rd parameter is value
generate_Featured_Image($featured_image, $post_id );
function generate_Featured_Image( $image_url, $post_id ){
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);
$filename = basename($image_url);
if(wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
$file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
else
$file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;
file_put_contents($file, $image_data);
$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null );
$attachment = array(
'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
'post_content' => '',
'post_status' => 'inherit'
);
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $file, $post_id );
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file );
$res1= wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );
$res2= set_post_thumbnail( $post_id, $attach_id );
echo 'post created...';
}
?>
print_risn't a Drupal function, it's a generic PHP function that comes with standard PHP – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 11:54