update_{$meta_type}_meta – Hook | Developer.WordPress.org

do_action( “update_{$meta_type}_meta”, int $meta_id, int $object_id, string $meta_key, mixed $_meta_value )

Fires immediately before updating metadata of a specific type.

Description

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $meta_type, refers to the meta object type (post, comment, term, user, or any other type with an associated meta table).

Possible hook names include:

update_post_meta
update_comment_meta
update_term_meta
update_user_meta

Parameters

$meta_idint: ID of the metadata entry to update.
$object_idint: ID of the object metadata is for.
$meta_keystring: Metadata key.
$_meta_valuemixed: Metadata value.

Source

do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );

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Used by	Description
update_metadata_by_mid()`wp-includes/meta.php`	Updates metadata by meta ID.
update_metadata()`wp-includes/meta.php`	Updates metadata for the specified object. If no value already exists for the specified object ID and metadata key, the metadata will be added.

Changelog

Version	Description
2.9.0	Introduced.

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