Title: _relocate_children
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# _relocate_children( int $old_ID, int $new_ID )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_relocate_children/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_relocate_children/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_relocate_children/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_relocate_children/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 3.9.0.

This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

This was once used to move child posts to a new parent.

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

 `$old_ID`intrequired

`$new_ID`intrequired

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

    ```php
    function _relocate_children( $old_ID, $new_ID ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.9.0' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1411)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1411-L1413)

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

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

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [2.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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