wp-includes/post-formats.php:70Assign a format to a post
$postint|WP_Post$formatstringarray|WP_Error|falsefunction set_post_format( $post, $format ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( ! $post ) { return new WP_Error( 'invalid_post', __( 'Invalid post.' ) ); } if ( ! empty( $format ) ) { $format = sanitize_key( $format ); if ( 'standard' === $format || ! in_array( $format, get_post_format_slugs(), true ) ) { $format = ''; } else { $format = 'post-format-' . $format; } } return wp_set_post_terms( $post->ID, $format, 'post_format' );}Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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