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wp_ajax_delete_post( string $action )

Since
3.1.0
Source
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:873
Handles deleting a post via AJAX.

Parameters

$actionstring
Action to perform.

Uses · 5

  • check_ajax_referer()Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.
  • current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
  • wp_die()Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
  • get_post()Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.
  • wp_delete_post()Trashes or deletes a post or page.

Source

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function wp_ajax_delete_post( $action ) {	if ( empty( $action ) ) {		$action = 'delete-post';	} 	$id = isset( $_POST['id'] ) ? (int) $_POST['id'] : 0;	check_ajax_referer( "{$action}_$id" ); 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'delete_post', $id ) ) {		wp_die( -1 );	} 	if ( ! get_post( $id ) ) {		wp_die( 1 );	} 	if ( wp_delete_post( $id ) ) {		wp_die( 1 );	} else {		wp_die( 0 );	}}

History

Introduced in 3.1.0. 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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