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

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# _save_post_hook()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_save_post_hook/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_save_post_hook/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 3.5.0.

Callback formerly fired on the save_post hook. No longer needed.

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

    ```php
    function _save_post_hook() {}
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L3319)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L3319-L3319)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [2.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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