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do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", int $meta_id )

Since
3.4.0
Fires immediately before deleting post or comment metadata of a specific type.

Description

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $meta_type, refers to the meta object type (post or comment).

Possible hook names include:

  • delete_postmeta
  • delete_commentmeta

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.4.0
  • 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).

Parameters

$meta_idint
ID of the metadata entry to delete.

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-includes/meta.php:1089delete_metadata_by_mid()

Source code

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			 *  - `delete_commentmeta`			 *			 * @since 3.4.0			 *			 * @param int $meta_id ID of the metadata entry to delete.			 */			do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", $meta_id );		} 		// Run the query, will return true if deleted, false otherwise.		$result = (bool) $wpdb->delete( $table, array( $id_column => $meta_id ) ); 		// Clear the caches.

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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