Title: wp_insert_post() returns null
Last modified: August 15, 2017

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# wp_insert_post() returns null

 *  [npmarie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npmarie/)
 * (@npmarie)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-returns-null/)
 * I am creating a page and some childpages, using wp_insert_post(), whenever a 
   post is made in a custom post type. the pages are created just fine however wp_insert_post()
   does not return the id of the childpages, instead it returns null.
 *  $mainparr = array(
    ‘post_title’ => $value, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’
   => ‘page’, ‘post_content’ => ‘ ‘, ‘comment_status’ => ‘closed’, ‘post_name’ =
   > $course_slug, ‘menu_order’ => 0, ); $mainp_id=wp_insert_post( $mainparr, false);
 *  update_post_meta($post->ID,’course_page_id’,$mainp_id);
    $dokarr = array( ‘post_title’
   => ‘Dokumenter’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’ => ‘page’, ‘post_content’
   => ‘ ‘, ‘comment_status’ => ‘closed’, ‘post_name’ => ‘dokumenter’, ‘post_parent’
   => $mainp_id, ‘menu_order’ => 0, ); $dokid = wp_insert_post( $dokarr, false );
 * the $mainp_id is returned just fine however any childpages like $dokid return
   null, what am I doing wrong?

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 *  Thread Starter [npmarie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npmarie/)
 * (@npmarie)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-returns-null/#post-9410805)
 * nevermind I found the error.
    wp_insert_post_does return the id, i had a different
   function overriding the value of the id before it was output, my bad.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-returns-null/#post-9410805)
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