wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_deletePost( array $args )

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

public function wp_deletePost( $args ) {
		if ( ! $this->minimum_args( $args, 4 ) ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		$this->escape( $args );

		$username = $args[1];
		$password = $args[2];
		$post_id  = (int) $args[3];

		$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
		if ( ! $user ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
		do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.deletePost', $args, $this );

		$post = get_post( $post_id, ARRAY_A );
		if ( empty( $post['ID'] ) ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Invalid post ID.' ) );
		}

		if ( ! current_user_can( 'delete_post', $post_id ) ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete this post.' ) );
		}

		$result = wp_delete_post( $post_id );

		if ( ! $result ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 500, __( 'Sorry, the post could not be deleted.' ) );
		}

		return true;
	}