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. Use wp_clear_scheduled_hook() instead.

_transition_post_status( string $new_status, string $old_status, WP_Post $post )

Hook for managing future post transitions to published.


Description

See also


Parameters

$new_status

(Required) New post status.

$old_status

(Required) Previous post status.

$post

(Required) Post object.


Source

File: wp-includes/post.php

function _transition_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
	global $wpdb;

	if ( $old_status != 'publish' && $new_status == 'publish' ) {
		// Reset GUID if transitioning to publish and it is empty.
		if ( '' == get_the_guid($post->ID) )
			$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'guid' => get_permalink( $post->ID ) ), array( 'ID' => $post->ID ) );

		/**
		 * Fires when a post's status is transitioned from private to published.
		 *
		 * @since WP-1.5.0
		 * @deprecated WP-2.3.0 Use 'private_to_publish' instead.
		 *
		 * @param int $post_id Post ID.
		 */
		do_action('private_to_published', $post->ID);
	}

	// If published posts changed clear the lastpostmodified cache.
	if ( 'publish' == $new_status || 'publish' == $old_status) {
		foreach ( array( 'server', 'gmt', 'blog' ) as $timezone ) {
			wp_cache_delete( "lastpostmodified:$timezone", 'timeinfo' );
			wp_cache_delete( "lastpostdate:$timezone", 'timeinfo' );
			wp_cache_delete( "lastpostdate:$timezone:{$post->post_type}", 'timeinfo' );
		}
	}

	if ( $new_status !== $old_status ) {
		wp_cache_delete( _count_posts_cache_key( $post->post_type ), 'counts' );
		wp_cache_delete( _count_posts_cache_key( $post->post_type, 'readable' ), 'counts' );
	}

	// Always clears the hook in case the post status bounced from future to draft.
	wp_clear_scheduled_hook('publish_future_post', array( $post->ID ) );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.3.0 Introduced.