get_default_post_to_edit

Source code

function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false ) {

	global $wpdb;



	$post_title = '';

	if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['post_title'] ) )

		$post_title = esc_html( stripslashes( $_REQUEST['post_title'] ));



	$post_content = '';

	if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['content'] ) )

		$post_content = esc_html( stripslashes( $_REQUEST['content'] ));



	$post_excerpt = '';

	if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['excerpt'] ) )

		$post_excerpt = esc_html( stripslashes( $_REQUEST['excerpt'] ));



	if ( $create_in_db ) {

		// Cleanup old auto-drafts more than 7 days old

		$old_posts = $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'auto-draft' AND DATE_SUB( NOW(), INTERVAL 7 DAY ) > post_date" );

		foreach ( (array) $old_posts as $delete )

			wp_delete_post( $delete, true ); // Force delete

		$post_id = wp_insert_post( array( 'post_title' => __( 'Auto Draft' ), 'post_type' => $post_type, 'post_status' => 'auto-draft' ) );

		$post = get_post( $post_id );

		if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-formats' ) && post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'post-formats' ) && get_option( 'default_post_format' ) )

			set_post_format( $post, get_option( 'default_post_format' ) );

	} else {

		$post->ID = 0;

		$post->post_author = '';

		$post->post_date = '';

		$post->post_date_gmt = '';

		$post->post_password = '';

		$post->post_type = $post_type;

		$post->post_status = 'draft';

		$post->to_ping = '';

		$post->pinged = '';

		$post->comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status' );

		$post->ping_status = get_option( 'default_ping_status' );

		$post->post_pingback = get_option( 'default_pingback_flag' );

		$post->post_category = get_option( 'default_category' );

		$post->page_template = 'default';

		$post->post_parent = 0;

		$post->menu_order = 0;

	}



	$post->post_content = apply_filters( 'default_content', $post_content, $post );

	$post->post_title   = apply_filters( 'default_title',   $post_title, $post   );

	$post->post_excerpt = apply_filters( 'default_excerpt', $post_excerpt, $post );

	$post->post_name = '';



	return $post;

}