I want to add some user meta to a post (in my case WooCommerce product) after saving it. I guess that's the best approach?
I found a solution which does somehting like this: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/273271/96806
But it seems, that it does that only once?
Here's the code:
function update_post_meta_with_user_meta() {
//setup arguments to only get users with author role
$user_args = array(
'role' => 'author',
);
$authors = get_users( $user_args );
//the below foreach could be replaced by adding something like:
// fields => array( 'ID' ) to $user_args
//instead I am just going through returned array of WP_User objects
// and putting IDs into array
foreach ( $authors as $a ) {
$author_ids[] = $a->ID;
}
//setup post query arguments to only give us posts with authors in author_id array
//which means only posts that have an author with the WP role of author
// should exclude Editors, Admins, etc. that maybe have authored posts
$post_args = array(
'author__in' => $author_ids,
);
//a new WP_Query with these args
$post_query = new WP_Query( $post_args ) ) );
//make sure we have posts returned
if ( $post_query->have_posts() ) {
//loop
while ( $post_query->have_posts() ) {
$post_query->the_post();
//set $post_id variable to current post
$post_id = get_the_id();
//get author meta for author of current post
$author_genere = get_the_author_meta('genere');
//update the meta of the current post (by ID)
// with the value of its author's user meta key
update_post_meta( $post_id, 'genere', $author_genere );
}
//reset the postdata
wp_reset_postdata();
}
}
//hook the above to init
add_action( 'init', 'update_post_meta_with_user_meta' );
Is there any way to do that when saving the post/product?
While your answer may work as 'workaround', it contains some unnecessary steps and there is a much more suitable hook for this.
woocommerce_admin_process_product_object
- save product meta data when saving the product in backend:function action_woocommerce_admin_process_product_object( $product ) {
$vendor_id = $product->post_author;
$vendor_info = get_userdata( $vendor_id );
$vendor_name = get_user_meta( $vendor_id, 'pv_shop_name', true );
// For testing purposes, delete afterwards
$vendor_name = 'the_vendor_name';
$product->update_meta_data( '_custom_product_vendor_name', $vendor_name );
}
add_action( 'woocommerce_admin_process_product_object', 'action_woocommerce_admin_process_product_object', 10, 1 );