do_action( "updated_{$meta_type}_meta", int $meta_id, int $object_id, string $meta_key, mixed $_meta_value )

Fires immediately after updating metadata of a specific type.

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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:

  • updated_post_meta
  • updated_comment_meta
  • updated_term_meta
  • updated_user_meta

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Parameters

$meta_id int
ID of updated metadata entry.
$object_id int
ID of the object metadata is for.
$meta_key string
Metadata key.
$_meta_value mixed
Metadata value.

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Source

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

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

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Used By

Used By
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.

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
2.9.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Razon Komar Pal —

    Example for detecting specific user metadata updates.

    add_action('updated_user_meta', 'wpdocs_when_update_any_user_meta', 10, 4);
function wpdocs_when_update_any_user_meta($meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value) {
    if ($meta_key === 'your_user_meta_key' ) {
        // do something
    }
}

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