Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_editPost
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_editPost( array $args ): true|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Edits a post.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$args`arrayrequired

Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` int
 * Post ID.
 * `2` string
 * Username.
 * `3` string
 * Password.
 * `4` string
 * Content
 * `5` int
 * Publish flag. 0 for draft, 1 for publish.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 true|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/) 
true when done.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function blogger_editPost( $args ) {

    	$this->escape( $args );

    	$post_id  = (int) $args[1];
    	$username = $args[2];
    	$password = $args[3];
    	$content  = $args[4];
    	$publish  = $args[5];

    	$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
    	if ( ! $user ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'blogger.editPost', $args, $this );

    	$actual_post = get_post( $post_id, ARRAY_A );

    	if ( ! $actual_post || 'post' !== $actual_post['post_type'] ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Sorry, no such post.' ) );
    	}

    	$this->escape( $actual_post );

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this post.' ) );
    	}
    	if ( 'publish' === $actual_post['post_status'] && ! current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to publish this post.' ) );
    	}

    	$postdata                  = array();
    	$postdata['ID']            = $actual_post['ID'];
    	$postdata['post_content']  = xmlrpc_removepostdata( $content );
    	$postdata['post_title']    = xmlrpc_getposttitle( $content );
    	$postdata['post_category'] = xmlrpc_getpostcategory( $content );
    	$postdata['post_status']   = $actual_post['post_status'];
    	$postdata['post_excerpt']  = $actual_post['post_excerpt'];
    	$postdata['post_status']   = $publish ? 'publish' : 'draft';

    	$result = wp_update_post( $postdata );

    	if ( ! $result ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 500, __( 'Sorry, the post could not be updated.' ) );
    	}
    	$this->attach_uploads( $actual_post['ID'], $postdata['post_content'] );

    	/**
    	 * Fires after a post has been successfully updated via the XML-RPC Blogger API.
    	 *
    	 * @since 3.4.0
    	 *
    	 * @param int   $post_id ID of the updated post.
    	 * @param array $args    An array of arguments for the post to edit.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call_success_blogger_editPost', $post_id, $args ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidHookName.NotLowercase

    	return true;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L5208-L5268)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call’, string $name, array|string $args, wp_xmlrpc_server $server )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call/)

Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method
logic begins.

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call_success_blogger_editPost’, int $post_id, array $args )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call_success_blogger_editpost/)

Fires after a post has been successfully updated via the XML-RPC Blogger API.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [xmlrpc_removepostdata()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/xmlrpc_removepostdata/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

XML-RPC XML content without title and category elements.

  | 
| [xmlrpc_getposttitle()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/xmlrpc_getposttitle/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Retrieves post title from XML-RPC XML.

  | 
| [xmlrpc_getpostcategory()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/xmlrpc_getpostcategory/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Retrieves the post category or categories from XML-RPC XML.

  | 
| [wp_update_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_update_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates a post with new post data.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::attach_uploads()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/attach_uploads/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Attaches an upload to a post.

  | 
| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

  | 
| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  | 
| [get_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::login()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/login/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Logs user in.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_editpost/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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