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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #42942, comment 5


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04/05/2019 10:49:32 AM (6 years ago)
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  • Ticket #42942, comment 5

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    99* it's true that media are stored and managed as `WP_Post` objects, but they're quite different in various regards (they usually have `inherit` status, their `post_date` is usually set at upload and doesn't change...)
    1010* it could happen that you want to use the hook for posts/pages/custom type items but not for media, and with two distinct hooks you can do it easily without having to resort to `if`/`switch`/whatever: for example when you are dealing with future posts, which makes no sense for media (I think it's one of the most likely use cases);
    11 * conversely, if you want to hook the same function to both filters it cna be done with just one line more.
     11* conversely, if you want to hook the same function to both filters it can be done with just one line more.
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