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    WordPress: Ajax (POST) to update post meta key 
  
        
  
    
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  | /** | |
| * Update post meta key via ajax POST request | |
| * | |
| * @see http://wpquestions.com/question/showLoggedIn/id/10604 | |
| * | |
| * On the remote site send a POST request to: | |
| * | |
| * http://example.tld/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=update_post_meta | |
| * | |
| * with the following payload: | |
| * | |
| * security, post_id, meta_key, meta_value | |
| * | |
| * TODO: | |
| * - Consider IP restriction. | |
| * - Remember to update the security key below! | |
| * | |
| */ | |
| add_action( 'wp_ajax_update_post_meta', 'wpq_action_handler' ); | |
| add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_update_post_meta', 'wpq_action_handler' ); | |
| function wpq_action_handler() { | |
| // User input: | |
| $args = array( | |
| 'security' => FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, | |
| 'post_id' => FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT, | |
| 'meta_key' => FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, | |
| 'meta_value' => FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, | |
| ); | |
| $input = filter_input_array( INPUT_POST, $args ); | |
| // Init: | |
| $security = '123abc'; // Edit this! | |
| $success = 0; | |
| // Update meta key for a given post ID: | |
| if( $security === $input['security'] ) { | |
| $post = get_post( $input['post_id'] ); | |
| if( ! is_null( $post ) ) { | |
| if( get_post_meta( $post->ID, $input['meta_key'], true ) ) { | |
| if( update_post_meta( $post->ID, $input['meta_key'], $input['meta_value'] ) ) { | |
| $success = 1; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Output: | |
| if( $success ) { | |
| wp_send_json_success(); | |
| } else { | |
| wp_send_json_error(); | |
| } | |
| } | 
  
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How to use this function in the page ?