apply_filters( "update_{$meta_type}_metadata_by_mid", null|bool $check, int $meta_id, mixed $meta_value, string|false $meta_key )

Since: 5.0.0

Short-circuits updating metadata of a specific type by meta ID.

Description

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $meta_type, refers to the meta object type (blog, post, comment, term, user, or any other type with an associated meta table).
Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit the function.

Possible hook names include:

update_blog_metadata_by_mid
update_post_metadata_by_mid
update_comment_metadata_by_mid
update_term_metadata_by_mid
update_user_metadata_by_mid

Compatibility

WordPress: since 5.0.0

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

$checknull|bool: Whether to allow updating metadata for the given type.
$meta_idint: Meta ID.
$meta_valuemixed: Meta value. Must be serializable if non-scalar.
$meta_keystring|false: Meta key, if provided.

Where this hook fires · 1

wp-includes/meta.php:931update_metadata_by_mid()

Changelog

Introduced in 5.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

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

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