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do_action( "{$old_status}_to_{$new_status}", WP_Post $post )

Since
2.3.0
Fires when a post is transitioned from one status to another.

Description

The dynamic portions of the hook name, $new_status and $old_status, refer to the old and new post statuses, respectively.

Possible hook names include:

  • draft_to_publish
  • publish_to_trash
  • pending_to_draft

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.3.0
  • 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

$postWP_Post
Post object.

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-includes/post.php:5843wp_transition_post_status()

Source code

	 *  - `pending_to_draft`	 *	 * @since 2.3.0	 *	 * @param WP_Post $post Post object.	 */	do_action( "{$old_status}_to_{$new_status}", $post ); 	/**	 * Fires when a post is transitioned from one status to another.	 *	 * The dynamic portions of the hook name, `$new_status` and `$post->post_type`,	 * refer to the new post status and post type, respectively.

Changelog

Introduced in 2.3.0. 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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