do_action( 'post_updated', int $post_ID, WP_Post $post_after, WP_Post $post_before )

Fires once an existing post has been updated.

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Parameters

$post_ID int: Post ID.
$post_after WP_Post: Post object following the update.
$post_before WP_Post: Post object before the update.

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Use this hook whenever you need to compare values before and after the post update.

This hook runs after the database update.

This hook pass up to 3 arguments, as follows:

$post_ID;
$post_after (post object after the update);
$post_before (post object before the update);

Source

File: wp-includes/post.php. View all references

do_action( 'post_updated', $post_ID, $post_after, $post_before );

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wp_insert_post() wp-includes/post.php	Inserts or update a post.

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3.0.0	Introduced.

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Contributed by Steven Lin — 2 years ago
Example migrated from Codex:

Suppose we have a post named Original Title and we edit it to Edited Title. Let’s hook to post_updated to check what has changed:

Let’s hook to post_updated to check what has changed:
```
<?php
function check_values($post_ID, $post_after, $post_before){
    echo '<b>Post ID:</b><br />';
    var_dump($post_ID);

    echo '<b>Post Object AFTER update:</b><br />';
    var_dump($post_after);

    echo '<b>Post Object BEFORE update:</b><br />';
    var_dump($post_before);
}

add_action( 'post_updated', 'check_values', 10, 3 ); //don't forget the last argument to allow all three arguments of the function
?>
```
The Result then would be this:
Post ID: int 1403 Post Object AFTER update: object(WP_Post)[7722] public 'ID' => int 1403 public 'post_author' => string '1' (length=1) public 'post_date' => string '2014-08-10 18:19:43' (length=19) public 'post_date_gmt' => string '2014-08-10 18:19:43' (length=19) public 'post_content' => string (length=0) public 'post_title' => string 'Edited Title' (length=12) public 'post_excerpt' => string (length=0) public 'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7) public 'comment_status' => string 'closed' (length=6) public 'ping_status' => string 'closed' (length=6) public 'post_password' => string (length=0) public 'post_name' => string 'edited-title' (length=12) public 'to_ping' => string (length=0) public 'pinged' => string (length=0) public 'post_modified' => string '2014-08-10 19:41:46' (length=19) public 'post_modified_gmt' => string '2014-08-10 19:41:46' (length=19) public 'post_content_filtered' => string (length=0) public 'post_parent' => int 0 public 'guid' => string 'http://localhost:8888/mysite/?post_type=test_post&p=1403' (length=67) public 'menu_order' => int 0 public 'post_type' => string 'procedimentos' (length=13) public 'post_mime_type' => string (length=0) public 'comment_count' => string '0' (length=1) public 'filter' => string 'raw' (length=3) Post Object BEFORE update: object(WP_Post)[7724] public 'ID' => int 1403 public 'post_author' => string '1' (length=1) public 'post_date' => string '2014-08-10 18:19:43' (length=19) public 'post_date_gmt' => string '2014-08-10 18:19:43' (length=19) public 'post_content' => string (length=0) public 'post_title' => string 'Original Title' (length=14) public 'post_excerpt' => string (length=0) public 'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7) public 'comment_status' => string 'closed' (length=6) public 'ping_status' => string 'closed' (length=6) public 'post_password' => string (length=0) public 'post_name' => string 'original-title' (length=14) public 'to_ping' => string (length=0) public 'pinged' => string (length=0) public 'post_modified' => string '2014-08-10 19:41:14' (length=19) public 'post_modified_gmt' => string '2014-08-10 19:41:14' (length=19) public 'post_content_filtered' => string (length=0) public 'post_parent' => int 0 public 'guid' => string 'http://localhost:8888/mysite/?post_type=test_post&p=1403' (length=67) public 'menu_order' => int 0 public 'post_type' => string 'procedimentos' (length=13) public 'post_mime_type' => string (length=0) public 'comment_count' => string '0' (length=1) public 'filter' => string 'raw' (length=3)
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Contributed by Iurie — 4 weeks ago

This hook does not compare values of post meta keys if you have changed those as well. $post_after and $post_before will include strictly the new/old post data without meta fields of post.

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