Leaving comment (on page) causes 'edit post' hook to run

[YellowSwordfish]

If you have a page with comments open and a plugin that uses the 'edit post' hook, the hook is being actioned when someone leaves a comment.

No milestone until we reach a conclusion on what (if anything) to do.

[markjaquith]

The reason for this is that the post's comment_count is updated.

Not saying that it should definitely be so; just adding some background.

[YellowSwordfish]

The problem comes with plugins using the hook that get fired. Surely the hook should only really be fired if the actual content is changed...

[ryan]

Some plugins rely on that being fired for any change to the post object. We might need separate actions.

[jhodgdon]

The current behavior is at least now documented in the Codex's New And Improved List Of Action Hooks. ​http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference

It is not that hard for a plugin to verify what is being updated and do the right thing, either.

I am in favor of leaving the existing behavior.

[YellowSwordfish]

Replying to jhodgdon:

It is not that hard for a plugin to verify what is being updated and do the right thing, either.

Can you suggest a way? The code is sitting there waiting for the edit_post to be fired and all it receives is the id. How do I tell what just got changed? The change was nothing to do with me or my plugin?

[ryan]

This has been the behavior for awhile now, so closing.