Updates a WordPress post from a workflow — title, content, status, or meta — through the JOrchestrator plugin instead of wp_update_post in a custom plugin.
Updates a WordPress post from a workflow — title, content, status, or meta — through the JOrchestrator plugin instead of wp_update_post in a custom plugin.
Configure fields on the General and Design tabs. Execution is handled by the JOrchestrator WordPress plugin.
When the flow reaches this step, JOrchestrator executes Update Post against your linked site or an external integration, using the field values you set on General and Design. Downstream steps can read the output payload fields defined for this node.
Update Post is a action step in the Posts group. Action steps run in the middle or end of a flow. They perform work on your CMS, call external services, or transform data for the next step.
Typical reasons teams add Update Post to a flow:
Common patterns on the canvas:
Link the flow to a WordPress domain in Domain Setup before testing.
The designer shows these tabs for this node:
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Info | Plain-language description and output payload fields for downstream steps |
| General | Canvas label and read-only node ID |
| AI | Optional assistant to help draft settings from plain language |
| Design | Node-specific configuration fields |
These fields are managed by the designer or runtime — you do not type into them directly:
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_nodeId | Node ID | node-id | No | — | — |
_payloadFields | Available Fields | payload-panel | No | — | — |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
label | Label | text | No | — | Node label |
title | New Title (optional) | payload-text | No | — | Leave empty to keep current |
status | Status (optional) | select (draft | publish | pending | private) | No | — | — |
| tagLabels | Tag names from payload (optional) | payload-text | No | — | ["News","Fashion"] or {{node_id.tags}} Optional JSON array of tag names after resolving {{placeholders}}, e.g. ["News","Fashion"] or {{node_id.tags}}.
Missing WordPress tags are created when the flow runs. Values are merged with Tags (existing) above. Leave both empty on update to keep current tags. |
excerpt | Excerpt (optional) | textarea | No | — | Leave empty to keep current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
slug | Slug (optional) | payload-text | No | — | Leave empty to keep current |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
content | Content (optional) | wysiwyg | No | — | Leave empty to keep current |
These fields can pull live options or values from the Joomla/WordPress site linked to the flow:
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
author | Author (optional) | email-recipient | No | — | User ID or select user… Value kind: userId |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
post_id | Post to Update | post-select | Yes | — | — |
categoryIds | Categories (optional) | categories-multi | No | — | Replace categories when selected |
tagIds | Tags (existing) | tags-multi | No | — | Replace tags when selected or add labels below |
Credentials, API keys, mailers, SMTP, and integration defaults are configured in the CMS plugin under Node Configuration, not per step on this node. Link the flow to a domain before testing CMS-backed fields.
_This node does not define standard output payload fields in the designer Info tab._
Other steps in the same area of the palette:
wp-create-post) — Postswp-delete-post) — Postswp-publish-post) — Postswp-trash-post) — Postswp-unpublish-post) — Posts