Apply parameters that user create and post update silently discard - #637
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Three documented parameters accept a value and drop it: - `user create --user_nicename` and `--rich_editing`. User_Command::create() builds an explicit stdClass for wp_insert_user() and never sets either property, so both are read off $assoc_args nowhere. - `post create` / `post update --post_modified` and `--post_modified_gmt`. wp_insert_post() computes both itself and never reads them from $postarr; on update they are unconditionally current_time( 'mysql' ). All three report success. These are the same silent no-op as wp-cli/wp-cli#5286, reached from the other side: there the parameter name is wrong, here the name is right and the value is discarded anyway. These scenarios fail on main. The fix follows in the next commit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014SSZzqMJRDTiLiDxQEPYcL
Makes the tests from the previous commit pass. user create: set user_nicename and rich_editing on the object handed to wp_insert_user(). Both use the same `false` default as the neighbouring properties, which core reads as "not supplied" - user_nicename then falls back to the login and rich_editing to 'true'. post create / post update: wp_insert_post() derives post_modified and post_modified_gmt itself and never reads them back from $postarr, so apply the requested value through the wp_insert_post_data filter, registered around the insert and removed straight after. When only one of the pair is given the other is derived from it, so the two never disagree. That last change makes a previously harmless bug visible: `post create --from-post` copies the source post's fields, and post_modified was not among the ones it unset. Core ignored it before, so the duplicate got the current time; now it would inherit the original's. Unset it alongside post_date, and cover it with a scenario. The alternative to all of this is to remove the parameters from the docblocks instead. That is a smaller change but loses functionality the documentation has been promising, so it seemed the wrong way round - happy to invert it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014SSZzqMJRDTiLiDxQEPYcL
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The pair was collected into an array with both keys optional, so nothing told PHPStan that reaching the consistency check meant at least one of them was present, and the values stayed mixed all the way into get_gmt_from_date() and get_date_from_gmt(). Two scalars say the same thing in a way the analyser can follow, and the array is built once both are known. is_scalar() guards the cast: a value that is not scalar could not be a date anyway, and casting one to string is what the strict rule is there to prevent. No behaviour change - `! empty()` still decides whether each was given, and the pair is still completed from whichever half arrived. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014SSZzqMJRDTiLiDxQEPYcL
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Three gaps, all raised on the pull request. Only '--post_modified' was ever passed, so the branch that fills in the local time from a GMT one was never run. It has a scenario now, and to make the derivation visible rather than incidental the site is put in a timezone with an offset: noon GMT is 07:00 in New York in January and 08:00 in June, and both are asserted, on create and on update. The scenario for the default modification date asserted only that the field was not empty, which a stale value satisfies just as well as a fresh one. It now sets a known date first and asserts the update does not leave it behind. Neither of the user scenarios ran on multisite, where the user is made by wpmu_create_user() with a login, a password and an email, and everything else is applied afterwards by wp_update_user(). That is a different path to wp_insert_user() and it is covered now. Both new scenarios fail against main, where the nicename comes back as the login instead. The multisite login is 'robert' rather than 'bob' because multisite requires four characters, which is a good illustration of why the branch was worth testing separately. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014SSZzqMJRDTiLiDxQEPYcL
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699-709: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd local-to-GMT derivation coverage.
These scenarios assert only
post_modifiedafter local-only input. They do not verify theget_gmt_from_date()branch insrc/Post_Command.php:294-295.Set a non-UTC site timezone and assert the expected
post_modified_gmtvalue after one local-only create or update. The GMT-only scenario does not cover this opposite derivation direction.As per coding guidelines, “All new features and bug fixes must include Behat acceptance tests in the
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Tested this branch on stable WordPress 7.0.4 with PHP 8.3, since the PR could only be verified against trunk. Works on stable:
One issue found: an invalid modification date is silently accepted. Command tested: Result: command reports success, but writes Same result with The same input to Cause: core validates Suggestion: validate the date in Note: tested on the SQLite integration, which coerces the invalid value to |
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Resolving the conflict in features/post.feature dropped the closing '\"\"\"' and the blank line after it from main's last scenario in that hunk, folding its final assertion into the next scenario's step text. python's regex split landed one line short of the boundary because that scenario's own content ended in a '\"\"\"' line with nothing after it to anchor on. Caught by parsing every changed feature file with Gherkin's own parser directly, rather than trusting a line-count or brace-balance heuristic - the malformed steps were still syntactically paired '\"\"\"' markers, just attached to the wrong content, so a diff would have looked plausible. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014SSZzqMJRDTiLiDxQEPYcL
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284-300: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReject invalid modification dates before applying the filter.
add_post_modified_filter()merges the supplied or derived values into the data passed towp_insert_post_data, after WordPress validatespost_dateand before the database write. Invalidpost_modifiedorpost_modified_gmtvalues can therefore reach the database and may be accepted. Validate both values before conversion, and reject mismatched pairs. Add Behat coverage that invalid updates preserve the existing timestamps.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Answer first: make them work. The flags have been documented since the command was written, setting the modification date is a normal need for imports and migrations, and dropping documented flags in a 3.0.x patch is the worse change. The scoped wp_insert_post_data filter is the right way in: core overwrites post_modified on every insert and update (wp-includes/post.php:4869, :4872), so there is no cleaner path short of writing to the table. The user create half and the --from-post fix are correct.
Two changes before merge.
1. Invalid dates are stored silently (src/Post_Command.php:283-312). ekamran's finding holds on MySQL too, not only SQLite: wpdb removes STRICT_TRANS_TABLES and NO_ZERO_DATE from the session sql_mode (class-wpdb.php, $incompatible_modes), so --post_modified=banana reports Success: and stores 0000-00-00 00:00:00 or 1970-01-01 00:00:00. Cause: get_gmt_from_date() / get_date_from_gmt() return gmdate( $format, 0 ) when date_create() fails, and the filter runs after core has validated post_date. Fix: validate each value the user supplied the way core validates post_date (wp_resolve_post_date(): the ^(\d{4})-(\d{1,2})-(\d{1,2}) match plus wp_checkdate()), before deriving the other one, and return new WP_Error( 'invalid_date', 'Invalid date.' ) from the callbacks so the user gets the same Error: Invalid date. as for --post_date=banana. Add scenarios for --post_modified=banana and --post_modified_gmt=banana on post create and post update; on update also assert the stored value is unchanged.
2. Attachments are still ignored (src/Post_Command.php:311, :488-494). For post_type = attachment core fires wp_insert_attachment_data instead of wp_insert_post_data (post.php:5042 vs :5057). wp post update <attachment-id> --post_modified=… therefore still reports success and does nothing, which is the bug this PR fixes. Hook the same callback on both filters and remove both afterwards. One scenario with an attachment post covers it.
Smaller:
src/User_Command.php:442, docblock:384-385and:542:wp_insert_user()stores the raw string anduser_can_richedit()compares=== 'true'(user.php:2514), so--rich_editing=1disables the editor. Normalise to'true'/'false'(three lines) or documenttrue|false.- Revisions created while the filter is attached are fine: the revision's
post_dateis already the parent'spost_modified, and on insert core setspost_modified = post_date, so the filter yields what core would. --from-postwith an explicit--post_modified:array_merge( $post_arr, $assoc_args )at:218makes the explicit flag win. One line inpost-create-duplicate.featurepins that.- Release notes: callers passing these flags today get a silent no-op and will now get what they asked for. Say so in the 3.0.3 changelog.
Drop the "Draft." lead-in from the description once the two items above are in.
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The wp_insert_post_data filter runs after core has validated post_date, and get_gmt_from_date() / get_date_from_gmt() fall back to the epoch for input they cannot parse, so `--post_modified=banana` reported success and stored 0000-00-00 00:00:00 or 1970-01-01 00:00:00. Validate each supplied value the way wp_resolve_post_date() validates post_date and return the same `Invalid date.` error core gives for a bad `--post_date`, before anything is written. Attachments take wp_insert_attachment_data rather than wp_insert_post_data, so `post update <attachment-id> --post_modified=...` was still a silent no-op. Hook the callback on both filters and remove both afterwards. Scenarios cover the invalid values on create and update (asserting the stored dates are unchanged on update), an attachment on create and update, and an explicit `--post_modified` winning over the source post's when duplicating with `--from-post`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QWUCg3yvcZ4uDBf2cwQ7X1
wp_insert_user() stores the raw value and user_can_richedit() checks it with `=== 'true'`, so `--rich_editing=1` disabled the editor. Map the flag to 'true' or 'false' and document the accepted values for both `user create` and `user update`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QWUCg3yvcZ4uDBf2cwQ7X1
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901-912: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winThe local-only
--post_modifiedscenarios assert only the local column, even thoughadd_post_modified_filter()also derives and writespost_modified_gmt. A regression inget_gmt_from_date()handling would therefore pass these tests. Assert the expectedpost_modified_gmtvalue for at least the local-only creation and update paths.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/Post_Command.php`:
- Line 328: Update the callback registered with wp_insert_attachment_data so it
removes both temporary filters immediately after its first invocation, while
preserving the existing outer cleanup as a fallback. Add a regression scenario
that creates another post or attachment from a save_post hook and verifies the
command’s post_modified values are applied only to the target record.
In `@src/User_Command.php`:
- Around line 384-385: Update the rich_editing option documentation near
User_Command::create and its corresponding README entry to list all accepted
values, including 1 and 0 alongside true and false. Keep the existing
FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN behavior unchanged.
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In `@features/post.feature`:
- Around line 901-912: Extend the local-only post creation and update scenarios
to also retrieve and assert the expected post_modified_gmt value derived from
the supplied local modification date. Update the relevant tests around the
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The filter stayed hooked until the outer wp_insert_post() call returned, so a save_post handler that inserts another post in the meantime would have given that post the command's date too. The callback now unhooks itself on its first run, which is always the command's own post; the cleanup after the call remains as a fallback for when it never ran. A scenario with a mu-plugin that inserts a post from save_post pins it for both create and update. The local-only scenarios now also assert the derived post_modified_gmt value under a non-UTC site timezone. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QWUCg3yvcZ4uDBf2cwQ7X1
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These are the two pre-existing bugs noticed while auditing field lists for wp-cli/wp-cli#5286, now with tests. Independent of #636 and #6392 — branched off
mainand reviewable on its own.Same failure as #5286 reached from the other side: there the parameter name is wrong and the value is dropped, here the name is right and the value is dropped anyway. Both report success.
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user create--user_nicenameuser create--rich_editingpost create--post_modified,--post_modified_gmtpost update--post_modified,--post_modified_gmtUser_Command::create()builds an explicitstdClassforwp_insert_user()and never sets either property.wp_insert_post()derivespost_modified/post_modified_gmtitself and never reads them from$postarr— on update they are unconditionallycurrent_time( 'mysql' ).Note
user createhas no catch-all, so it is already strictly validated. It accepts these two parameters because they are documented, and then drops them.Commits are test-first
b4355e0adds the scenarios and fails.aeaa92bmakes them pass. Reviewable in that order, and verified in that order with Behat by checkingsrc/out at each commit:The two that pass in both states are deliberate controls — nicename falling back to the login, and
post_modifieddefaulting to now when not asked for. Without them a red run would not distinguish a real bug from a broken harness.Full suites
Run on both database backends; the results are identical.
post.featurepost-create-duplicate.featureuser.featureThe one
user.featurefailure is pre-existing and unrelated. It is the multisite duplicate-email scenario, which expectsSorry, that email address is already used!while current core trunk returnsThis email address is already registered. Log in with this address or choose another one.Confirmed by re-running that scenario withsrc/checked out atorigin/main, where it fails identically. My diff does not touch it.Tested against WordPress trunk (
7.2-alpha), which is what this environment could obtain — worth noting since that is also the source of the message change above.One regression this surfaced
Making
post_modifiedlive exposed a latent bug inpost create --from-post. It copies the source post's fields and unsetspost_date,post_date_gmt,guidandID— but notpost_modified. Harmless while core ignored it; with this change the duplicate would inherit the original's modification date instead of the current time. Fixed by unsetting it alongsidepost_date, with a scenario inpost-create-duplicate.feature.The design question
For
post_modifiedthe alternative is to remove the parameters from the docblocks rather than make them work. Smaller change, but it drops functionality the documentation has been advertising since it was added, and "set the modification date" is a reasonable thing to want from an admin tool. I went with making them work; inverting it is a small diff if you'd rather.There is no such question for
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