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Function Reference/wp publish post

Publish a post by transitioning the post status.

<?php wp_publish_post( $post_id ) ?>

$post_id

(integer) (required) Post ID.

Default: None

Uses: $wpdb
Uses: do_action() to call the following on $post_id and $post (post data):
- edit_post(),
- save_post() and
- wp_insert_post().

Since: 2.1.0

wp_publish_post() is located in wp-includes/post.php.