Title: submitpost_box
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# do_action( ‘submitpost_box’, WP_Post $post )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/submitpost_box/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/submitpost_box/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/submitpost_box/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/submitpost_box/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires before meta boxes with ‘side’ context are output for all post types other 
than ‘page’.

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

The submitpost box is a meta box with ‘side’ context, so this hook fires just before
it is output.

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

 `$post`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)

Post object.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'submitpost_box', $post );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php#L710)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php#L710-L710)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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