WordPress XML-RPC – MetaWeblog API

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metaWeblog.newPost

Function: Creates a new post on your blog.

Parameters:

  • Blog ID – For use in multisite installations, typically 0 for single sites
  • Username – WordPress username
  • Password – WordPress password
  • Content – Your blog post defined as an associate array with the following fields
    • ‘post_type’ – ‘post’ or ‘page’
    • ‘wp_slug’ – Post slug (optional)
    • ‘wp_password’ – Post password (optional)
    • ‘wp_page_parent_id’ – ID of the parent post (optional)
    • ‘wp_page_order’ – Menu order (optional)
    • ‘wp_author_id’ – Identify an author other than the user posting the request (optional)
    • ‘title’ – Post title
    • ‘description – Post body content
    • post-type_status – Set the post/page/custom status to draftprivatepublishpublish, or pending
    • ‘mt_excerpt’ – Post excerpt
    • ‘mt_text_more’ – Text for the Read More link
    • ‘mt_keywords’ – Tags
    • ‘mt_allow_comments’ – Set whether comments are open or closed
    • ‘mt_allow_pings’ – Same settings as ‘mt_allow_comments’
    • ‘mt_tb_ping_urls’ – An array of the URLs you want to ping on publication
    • ‘date_created_gmt’ – The publication date for the post
    • ‘dateCreated’ – Same as above … use one or the other
    • ‘categories’ – An array of categories for the post.
  • Publish – The status you want the post to have, either publish or draft

Returns: ID of the post you just created

metaWeblog.editPost

Function: Allows you to update the content of a published post.

Parameters:

  • ID of the post you want to edit
  • WordPress username
  • WordPress password
  • Post content (same as for metaWeblog.newPost) – Only send the parameters you want to change.
  • Publish – The status you want the post to have, either publish or draft

Returns: True – yup, that’s it.  Just the Boolean value true.

metaWeblog.getPost

Function: Gets the value of a given post on the blog.

Parameters:

  • ID of the post you want to retrieve
  • WordPress username
  • WordPress password

Returns: An associative array of the post content.

  • ‘dateCreated’ – Post publication date
  • ‘userid’ – ID of the post author
  • ‘postid’ – ID of the post itself
  • ‘description’ – Post content
  • ‘title’ – Post title
  • ‘link’ – Post permalink
  • ‘permaLink’ – Post permalink
  • ‘categories’ – Array of post categories
  • ‘mt_excerpt’ – Post excerpt
  • ‘mt_text_more’ – Read More text
  • ‘mt_allow_comments’ – Whether comments are open or closed
  • ‘mt_allow_pings’ – Whether pings are open or closed
  • ‘mt_keywords’ – Array of post tags
  • ‘wp_slug’ – Post slug
  • ‘wp_password’ – Post password
  • ‘wp_author_id’ – ID of the post author
  • ‘wp_author_display_name’ – Display name of the post author
  • ‘date_created_gmt’ – Post publication date (as GMT time)
  • ‘post_status’ – Post publication status
  • ‘custom_fields’ – Array of custom fields
  • ‘sticky’ – Whether or not the post is marked as “sticky”

metaWeblog.getRecentPosts

Function: Gets an array of recent posts on the blog – similar to metaWeblog.getPost, but it returns as many posts as you want.

Parameters:

  • ID of the blog you’re working with (usually 0 for a single site)
  • WordPress username
  • WordPress password
  • Number of posts you want to return

Returns: An array where each element of the array is itself an array containing the content of a post.

metaWeblog.getCategories

Function: Gets a list of categories used by the blog.

Parameters:

  • ID of the blog you’re working with (usually 0 for a single site)
  • WordPress username
  • WordPress password

Returns: Returns a simple array, where each element is an associate array defining the category:

  • ‘categoryID’ – ID of the category
  • ‘parentID’ – ID of the category’s parent
  • ‘description’ – Name of the category
  • ‘categoryDescription’ – Description of the category
  • ‘categoryName’ – Name of the category
  • ‘htmlUrl’ – Category permalink
  • ‘rssUrl’ – RSS feed for the category

metaWeblog.newMediaObject

Function: Uploads a media file to your blog, based on your media settings.

Parameters:

  • ID of the blog you’re uploading to (usually 0 for a single site)
  • WordPress username
  • WordPress password
  • Upload data (array)
    • Upload name
    • File type
    • File bit data (the file itself)

Returns: An array with elements file (file name), url (file url), and type.


2 Responses to “WordPress XML-RPC – MetaWeblog API”

  1. I am using xmlrpc for finding post but I am getting only 10 posts. Please give the process how can I get all the post of the website.

  2. Ilya Ber says:

    You can pass the number of posts as a parameter in the metaWeblog.getRecentPosts call.

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