Action: Update Post

WordPress Operation

The Update Post action modifies the content, status, or metadata of an existing post.

Example User Story

I want to update an existing post in WordPress so that I can keep the content current and accurate.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
postID	Integer	Yes
title	String	No
content	String	No
status	String	No

Related Connections

WordPress

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "update-post",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Update Post",
    "description": "Updates an existing post in WordPress."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "postID",
      "type": "Integer",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the post to update."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The title of the post."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "content",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The content of the post."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The status of the post (e.g., 'publish', 'draft', 'pending').",
        "default": "draft"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "updatedPost",
      "type": "Object",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The updated post details."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/{{postID}}",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"title\": \"{{title}}\", \"content\": \"{{content}}\", \"status\": \"{{status}}\"}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "title",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The title of the post.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "content",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The content of the post.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "status",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The status of the post.",
              "required": false,
              "default": "draft"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}