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delete_{$meta_type}meta

do_action( “delete_{$meta_type}meta”, int $meta_id )

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Fires immediately before deleting post or comment metadata of a specific type.

Description

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $meta_type, refers to the meta object type (post or comment).

Possible hook names include:

  • delete_postmeta
  • delete_commentmeta
  • delete_termmeta
  • delete_usermeta

Parameters

$meta_idint
ID of the metadata entry to delete.

Source

do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", $meta_id );

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Used byDescription
delete_metadata_by_mid()wp-includes/meta.php

Deletes metadata by meta ID.

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.4.0Introduced.

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