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

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

## In this article

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

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Edits a page.

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

 `$args`arrayrequired

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

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` int
 * Page 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/wp_editpage/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

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

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

    ```php
    public function wp_editPage( $args ) {
    	// Items will be escaped in mw_editPost().
    	$page_id  = (int) $args[1];
    	$username = $args[2];
    	$password = $args[3];
    	$content  = $args[4];
    	$publish  = $args[5];

    	$escaped_username = $this->escape( $username );
    	$escaped_password = $this->escape( $password );

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

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

    	// Get the page data and make sure it is a page.
    	$actual_page = get_post( $page_id, ARRAY_A );
    	if ( ! $actual_page || ( 'page' !== $actual_page['post_type'] ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Sorry, no such page.' ) );
    	}

    	// Make sure the user is allowed to edit pages.
    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_page', $page_id ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this page.' ) );
    	}

    	// Mark this as content for a page.
    	$content['post_type'] = 'page';

    	// Arrange args in the way mw_editPost() understands.
    	$args = array(
    		$page_id,
    		$username,
    		$password,
    		$content,
    		$publish,
    	);

    	// Let mw_editPost() do all of the heavy lifting.
    	return $this->mw_editPost( $args );
    }
    ```

[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#L3188-L3232)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_editpage/?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.

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

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

Edits a post.

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| [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.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [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.

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

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

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| [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.

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| [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/wp_editpage/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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