Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_newPage
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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

## In this article

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

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Creates a new page.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_newpage/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_newpage/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_newPost()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/mw_newPost/)

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

 `$args`arrayrequired

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

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` string
 * Username.
 * `2` string
 * Password.
 * `3` array
 * Content struct.

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

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

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

    ```php
    public function wp_newPage( $args ) {
    	// Items not escaped here will be escaped in wp_newPost().
    	$username = $this->escape( $args[1] );
    	$password = $this->escape( $args[2] );

    	$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', 'wp.newPage', $args, $this );

    	// Mark this as content for a page.
    	$args[3]['post_type'] = 'page';

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

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L3093)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L3093-L3111)

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

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

Creates a new post.

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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.

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

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

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