wp_insert_post( $args )

[DietteJanssen]

i have searched through the issues/related issues and i have been unable to find a solution...
i need to include the gutenberg registered template when creating a new post programmatically.

i have registered a custom post type "credits" via php which includes the following arguments:

'show_in_rest'          => true, 
'rest_base'         	=> 'credits', 
'rest_controller_class' => 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller', 
'template' => array(
    array( 'core/image', array(
        'align' => 'left',
    ) ),
    array( 'core/heading', array(
        'placeholder' => 'Add Author...',
    ) ),
    array( 'core/paragraph', array(
        'placeholder' => 'Add Description...',
    ) ),
),

i am unable to programmatically add a new post which includes the gutenberg "template" array.

i have been able to output the following:

$post_content = '<!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Completed: '.$data['course']->post_title.'</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->';

$my_post = array(
  	'post_type'		=> 'credits',
  	'post_title'    	=> 'Course Completed',
  	'post_content'  	=> $post_content,
  	'post_status'   	=> 'publish',
  	'meta_input'   	=> array(
  		'credits_user_id' => $user_id,
  		'credits_number_of_credits' => $course_points,
  		'credits_approved' => true, 
    ),

wp_insert_post( $my_post );

... which pulls in the gutenberg paragraph block successfully (rather than pulling it into the "classic" editor). however, i need it to pull in the template of blocks the same way it does when adding a new post from the wordpress backend.

for context, using php i have hooked into learndash:

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

if ( !class_exists( 'LearndashCourseCompletion' ) ) {

	class LearndashCourseCompletion {

		public function __construct() {

			/* functions
			-------------------------------------------------------------*/
			// register
			add_action( 'learndash_course_completed', array( $this, 'dj_learndash_course_completed' ));
		}

		public function dj_learndash_course_completed( $data ) {

			$user_id = $data['user']->data->ID;
			
			$course_id = $data['course']->ID; 
			$course_points = '';
			$args = array(
			    'post_type' => 'sfwd-courses',
			    'p'			=> $course_id,
			);
			$loop = new WP_Query($args);

			if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();

				$course_points = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'course_points', true );
				
				// Check if the custom field has a value.
				if ( ! empty( $course_points ) ) {
				    
					$post_content = '<!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Completed: '.$data['course']->post_title.'</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->';

				    // Create post object
					
					$my_post = array(
					  	'post_type'		=> 'credits',
					  	'post_title'    	=> 'Course Completed',
					  	'post_content'  	=> $post_content,
					  	'post_status'   	=> 'publish',
					  	'meta_input'   	=> array(
					  		'credits_user_id' => $user_id,
					  		'credits_number_of_credits' => $course_points,
					  		'credits_approved' => true, 
					    ),
					);
					
					// Insert the post into the database
					wp_insert_post( $my_post );
				}

			endwhile; else: 
  			endif; 
  			wp_reset_postdata(); 

		} // end function
		
	} // end class	
}

new LearndashCourseCompletion();   

... i need to find a solution to achieve this, even if it requires using a different method ( other than wp_insert_post ) to achieve the desired result. any help or direction would be appreciated.

[linusx]

+1

[akaufman3]

+1

[mwilliamson-creedinteractive]

+1

[bratvanov]

+1

[niklaspollonen]

+1

[chvillanuevap]

+1

[omarkasem]

+1

[omarkasem]

Here's a dirty workaround that worked with my case.
You create a page template and put your default template blocks in it.
Then you do that

$query = new WP_Query(array(
        'meta_key' => '_wp_page_template',
        'meta_value' => 'template-defalut.php',
        'post_type' => 'page',
        'fields'=>'ids',
    ));
    $posts = $query->posts;
    if(empty($posts)){return;}
    $content = get_post_field('post_content', $posts[0]);
    wp_update_post(array(
      'ID'=>478,
      'post_content'=>$content
    ));

For me it worked as I wanted to publish many posts at once with a certain template blocks, I hope that would help until this feature is applied.

[lunule]

I didn't test it with core blocks, but the below method works fine with ACF blocks (so I would think it does with core stuff as well).

1. Post type registration

function cpt_mac_submenus() {

	$labels = array( //... );
	$args 	= array(
		// ...
		'template' => array(
			array( 'acf/submenus--title-and-description', array(
				'lock' => array(
					'move'   => true,
					'remove' => true,
				),
			) ),
			array( 'acf/submenus--output-navigation', array(
				'lock' => array(
					'move'   => true,
					'remove' => true,
				),
			) ),
			array( 'acf/submenus--single-image', array(
				'lock' => array(
					'move'   => true,
					'remove' => true,
				),
			) ),
		),
		'template_lock' => 'all',
	);

	register_post_type( 'mac-submenus', $args );

}
add_action( 'init', 'cpt_mac_submenus' );

2. Insert (custom post type) post with default content

$content = '<!-- wp:acf/submenus--title-and-description /--><!-- wp:acf/submenus--output-navigation /--><!-- wp:acf/submenus--single-image /-->';

$new_submenu_post_args_Arr = array(
	'post_title'    => $title,
	'post_type' 	=> 'mac-submenus',
	'post_status'   => 'draft',
	'post_author'   => 1,
	'post_content' 	=> $content,
);

wp_insert_post( $new_submenu_post_args_Arr );	

Basically, the $content variable should be set up with "blank" blocks, no content, no configuration, just the skeleton - as a result, the output is 100% the same thing configured in the register_post_type() arguments array.

[chrillep]

i believe wp_insert_post needs to be extended to have knowledge of the template.
This is something the wp core team should do.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_insert_post/
the wp_insert_post has arg for page_template but this is not the same as a gutenberg template.

so either use the registered gutenberg template, if no content is inserted or add means to merge data with the blocks inside the gutenberg template :)

ref:

• Convert to blocks in PHP #13163
• Convert to blocks in PHP #13163 (comment)
• Server side block conversion #27878
• Convert to blocks in PHP #13163
• Transform multiple articles to Gutenberg #15245
• Backend conversion of classic content to Gutenberg blocks #15894

• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/parse_blocks/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_parser_block/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/serialize_block/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/serialize_blocks/