update_meta( int $meta_id, string $meta_key, string $meta_value ): bool

Parameters

$meta_idint

Meta ID.

$meta_keystring

Meta key. Expect slashed.

$meta_valuestring

Meta value. Expect slashed.

Return

bool

Uses · 2

• wp_unslash()Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.
• update_metadata_by_mid()Updates metadata by meta ID.

Used by · 1

• edit_post()Updates an existing post with values provided in `$_POST`.

Source

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1131function update_meta( $meta_id, $meta_key, $meta_value ) {1132	$meta_key   = wp_unslash( $meta_key );1133	$meta_value = wp_unslash( $meta_value );1134 1135	return update_metadata_by_mid( 'post', $meta_id, $meta_value, $meta_key );1136}

History

Introduced in 1.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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