WP_REST_Templates_Controller::update_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): WP_REST_Response|WP_Error

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Updates a single template.

Parameters

$requestWP_REST_Requestrequired
Full details about the request.

Return

WP_REST_Response|WP_Error Response object on success, or WP_Error object on failure.

Source

public function update_item( $request ) {	$template = get_block_template( $request['id'], $this->post_type );	if ( ! $template ) {	return new WP_Error( 'rest_template_not_found', __( 'No templates exist with that id.' ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );	}	$post_before = get_post( $template->wp_id );	if ( isset( $request['source'] ) && 'theme' === $request['source'] ) {	wp_delete_post( $template->wp_id, true );	$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );	$template = get_block_template( $request['id'], $this->post_type );	$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $template, $request );	return rest_ensure_response( $response );	}	$changes = $this->prepare_item_for_database( $request );	if ( is_wp_error( $changes ) ) {	return $changes;	}	if ( 'custom' === $template->source ) {	$update = true;	$result = wp_update_post( wp_slash( (array) $changes ), false );	} else {	$update = false;	$post_before = null;	$result = wp_insert_post( wp_slash( (array) $changes ), false );	}	if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {	if ( 'db_update_error' === $result->get_error_code() ) {	$result->add_data( array( 'status' => 500 ) );	} else {	$result->add_data( array( 'status' => 400 ) );	}	return $result;	}	$template = get_block_template( $request['id'], $this->post_type );	$fields_update = $this->update_additional_fields_for_object( $template, $request );	if ( is_wp_error( $fields_update ) ) {	return $fields_update;	}	$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );	$post = get_post( $template->wp_id );	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php */	do_action( "rest_after_insert_{$this->post_type}", $post, $request, false );	wp_after_insert_post( $post, $update, $post_before );	$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $template, $request );	return rest_ensure_response( $response ); } 

Hooks

do_action( “rest_after_insert_{$this->post_type}”, WP_Post $post, WP_REST_Request $request, bool $creating )

Fires after a single post is completely created or updated via the REST API.

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.8.0Introduced.

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