Creating and editing posts in Wordpress - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a new post with a title in WordPress.

Wordpress

<?php
$post_id = wp_insert_post(array(
    'post_title' => [1],
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'post_type' => 'post'
));
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'My First Post'

B'Sample Post'

C'Hello World'

D'New Post'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the title string

Using a variable name instead of a string

The 'post_title' key needs a string value for the post's title. 'Hello World' is a common example title.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to update the content of an existing post in WordPress.

Wordpress

<?php
$post_update = array(
    'ID' => 42,
    'post_content' => [1]
);
wp_update_post($post_update);
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'This is the updated content.'

BThis is the updated content.

C42

D'post_content'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the content string

Passing a number instead of a string

The 'post_content' value must be a string with quotes around it to update the post content.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to properly delete a post by ID in WordPress.

Wordpress

<?php
$result = wp_delete_post([1], true);
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A42

B$post_id

C'42'

Dpost_id

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using quotes around the post ID

Using a variable name without defining it

The post ID must be an integer without quotes. Using 42 as a number is correct.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a post with a title and set its status to draft.

Wordpress

<?php
$post_data = array(
    'post_title' => [1],
    'post_status' => [2],
    'post_type' => 'post'
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post($post_data);
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Draft Post'

B'publish'

C'draft'

D'New Post'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'publish' instead of 'draft' for status

Not using quotes around strings

The title should be a string like 'Draft Post'. The status must be 'draft' to save as draft.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to update a post's title, content, and set it to private.

Wordpress

<?php
$post_update = array(
    'ID' => 101,
    'post_title' => [1],
    'post_content' => [2],
    'post_status' => [3]
);
wp_update_post($post_update);
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Updated Title'

B'New content for the post.'

C'private'

D'publish'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'publish' instead of 'private' for status

Forgetting quotes around strings

The title and content must be strings in quotes. The status 'private' makes the post visible only to authorized users.