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wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post( WP_User $user, array|IXR_Error $content_struct ): IXR_Error|string

Since
3.4.0
Source
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:1433
Helper method for wp_newPost() and wp_editPost(), containing shared logic.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.4.0
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$userWP_User
The post author if post_author isn't set in $content_struct.
$content_structarray|IXR_Error
Post data to insert.

Return value

IXR_Error|string

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.

Cost class
Heavy

Reaches the database via get_post().

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
3

Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 651.

Plugin surface
1 hook

Third-party callbacks on 'xmlrpc_wp_insert_post_data' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.

Called by
2

2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

  • querycontent queryget_post()called directly
  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
  • optionoption read or writeget_option()one call below wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post()

Further down the call graph this can also reach cache, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always3none

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev6493672 fewer instructions than PHP 8.5
8.5651367
8.46513673 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.3654367
8.26543671 more instruction than PHP 8.1
8.16533673 more instructions than PHP 7.4
7.465037–19467

An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.

Hooks and filters fired · 1

One hook fires while wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( xmlrpc_wp_insert_post_data )filterline 1704 (+271 into the body)

    Filters post data array to be inserted via XML-RPC.

Uses · 28

Show all 28

Used by · 2

Source code

	protected function _insert_post( $user, $content_struct ) {		$defaults = array(			'post_status'    => 'draft',			'post_type'      => 'post',			'post_author'    => 0,			'post_password'  => '',			'post_excerpt'   => '',			'post_content'   => '',			'post_title'     => '',			'post_date'      => '',			'post_date_gmt'  => '',			'post_format'    => null,			'post_name'      => null,			'post_thumbnail' => null,			'post_parent'    => 0,			'ping_status'    => '',			'comment_status' => '',			'custom_fields'  => null,			'terms_names'    => null,			'terms'          => null,			'sticky'         => null,			'enclosure'      => null,			'ID'             => null,		); 		$post_data = wp_parse_args( array_intersect_key( $content_struct, $defaults ), $defaults ); 		$post_type = get_post_type_object( $post_data['post_type'] );		if ( ! $post_type ) {			return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Invalid post type.' ) );		} 		$update = ! empty( $post_data['ID'] ); 		if ( $update ) {			if ( ! get_post( $post_data['ID'] ) ) {				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Invalid post ID.' ) );			}			if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_data['ID'] ) ) {				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this post.' ) );			}			if ( get_post_type( $post_data['ID'] ) !== $post_data['post_type'] ) {				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'The post type may not be changed.' ) );			}		} else {			if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->create_posts ) || ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->edit_posts ) ) {				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to post on this site.' ) );			}		} 		switch ( $post_data['post_status'] ) {			case 'draft':			case 'pending':				break;			case 'private':				if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ) ) {					return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create private posts in this post type.' ) );				}				break;			case 'publish':			case 'future':				if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ) ) {					return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to publish posts in this post type.' ) );				}				break;			default:				if ( ! get_post_status_object( $post_data['post_status'] ) ) {					$post_data['post_status'] = 'draft';				}				break;		} 		if ( ! empty( $post_data['post_password'] ) && ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ) ) {			return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create password protected posts in this post type.' ) );		} 		$post_data['post_author'] = absint( $post_data['post_author'] );		if ( ! empty( $post_data['post_author'] ) && $post_data['post_author'] !== $user->ID ) {			if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->edit_others_posts ) ) {				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.' ) );

Changelog

Introduced in 3.4.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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