WordPress hook directory
${new_status}_$post->post_type
Former names for ${new_status}_$post->post_type
This is a variable hook. Because its name contains some variables, this hook might actually refer to several different possible hooks.
This variable hook replaces the following non-variable hooks found in earlier versions of WP. You may want to read up on these older hooks to get a better idea of what this variable hook can do.
| Replaced Hook | Version when Changed | Information about Hook |
|---|---|---|
| publish_page | 2.3 | Runs when a page is published, or if it is edited and its status is "published". Action function arguments: page ID. (WARNING: this hook seems to never fire on v2.3 and higher. The 'transition_post_status' hook does work though) Sources: [1]  and [2] |
| publish_post | 2.3 | Runs when a post is published, or if it is edited and its status is "published". Action function arguments: post ID. Sources: [1] and [2] |
WordPress version history for ${new_status}_$post->post_type
This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 2.6. (Note that some intermediate versions are not indexed, particularly 2.0.1 through 2.0.10.) If 2.6 does not show up below, then this hook is deprecated.
| Version | File | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.3.1 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.3.2 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.3.3 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.5 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
| 2.6 | wp-includes/post.php | View hook in source | action |
Related Hooks
We find related hooks using word stems. ${new_status}_$post->post_type has 5 significant word stem(s): new, status, post, post, type. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.