Using wp_insert_post, Featured Image not posted

[Dul]

Hi,

I’m posting from front page using wp_insert_post.
Since wp_insert_post doesn’t have parameter for featured image, I use update_post_meta to set the featured image. The post is posted to social media successfully. But the problem is, it seems your plugin doesn’t recognize the featured post.

I assume your plugin runs right after the wp_insert_post so, it doesn’t recognize the featured image since it hasn’t been set.

Is there any way to delay your plugin so it cant run after I set the featured image? Or is there any trigger to make the plugin run manualy after update_post_meta ?

[Dul]

Just realized I post in wrong forum.
Anyway, I managed to make it work by delaying my post by 30 seconds.

//Since we have issue with Next Scripts: Social Networks Auto Poster and our featured image
//Delay the post for 30 seconds to make the plugin see the featured post
$post_date_delayed = current_time('timestamp') + 30;

// ADD THE FORM INPUT TO $new_post ARRAY
$new_post = array(
'post_title' => wp_strip_all_tags($title),
'post_content' => $comment,
'post_category' => $cat, // Usable for custom taxonomies too
'tags_input' => $tags,
'post_status' => 'future', // Choose: publish, pending, future, draft, etc.
'post_type' => 'post', //'post',page' or use a custom post type if you want to
'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $post_date_delayed),
);

//SAVE THE POST
$pid = wp_insert_post($new_post);


Just in case someone have similar problem like me

[NextScripts.com]

If featured image is not set at the time our plugin runs then of course it won’t get it. You can either set a delay (what you already did) or set featured image before publishing the post.

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