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1. ebedgert
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've been using a plugin which uses "publish_post" to send an e-mail to the post author when the post is published. Unfortunately, this means it also sends an e-mail to the author any time his published post is updated. Is there any way to avoid this? I'd just like it to send an e-mail only on the initial publishing of the post.

2. ebedgert
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   OK, I went back and looked through some old posts and the Codex like you're supposed to :-)

   I did find a solution here to the first problem, but I have kind of an unusual second problem. I am using another plugin that allows me to define custom post statuses other than "Draft" or "Pending." These custom post statuses are important for me to retain, so I can't drop them. Unfortunately, when I use the three alternate hooks mentioned in the thread I've linked to, they don't recognize my custom statuses, and the e-mail send does not get triggered.

   Instead of

   add_action('draft_to_publish','function_name');

   I need something like

   add_action('readytopublish_to_publish','function_name');

   ("Ready to Publish" is the name of one of my custom statuses)

   Any way around this problem?

3. Arpit
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I also had issue with my plugin Twitter Goodies.

   I figure out that issue by putting 2 different conditions. Please check out here: http://arpitshah.com/publish_post-how-to-check-if-wp-post-is-newly-published-or-edited/

   I hope it will help you.

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