This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

_future_post_hook( int $deprecated, WP_Post $post )

Hook used to schedule publication for a post marked for the future.

Description

The $post properties used and must exist are ‘ID’ and ‘post_date_gmt’.

Parameters

$deprecated: (Required) Not used. Can be set to null. Never implemented. Not marked as deprecated with _deprecated_argument() as it conflicts with wp_transition_post_status() and the default filter for _future_post_hook().
$post: (Required) Post object.

Source

File: wp-includes/post.php

function _future_post_hook( $deprecated, $post ) {
	wp_clear_scheduled_hook( 'publish_future_post', array( $post->ID ) );
	wp_schedule_single_event( strtotime( get_gmt_from_date( $post->post_date ) . ' GMT') , 'publish_future_post', array( $post->ID ) );
}

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Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
wp-includes/cron.php: wp_clear_scheduled_hook()	Unschedules all events attached to the hook with the specified arguments.
wp-includes/cron.php: wp_schedule_single_event()	Schedules an event to run only once.
wp-includes/formatting.php: get_gmt_from_date()	Returns a date in the GMT equivalent.

Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
WP-2.3.0	Introduced.