Ability to query by post author in post_exists()

[mcqTia]

Needed the ability to determine if post exists by title && author when running wp_insert_post() in form submission.
I was using this to create a list of user saved favourite posts.

So this might be useful for others too

function post_exists( $title, $content = , $date = , $type = , $status = , $author = ) {...}

Pull Request #2783

Needed the ability to determine if post exists by title && author when running wp_insert_post() in form submission.
I was using this to create a list of user saved favourite posts.

So this might be useful for others too

function post_exists( $title, $content = , $date = , $type = , $status = , $author = ) {...}

Trac ticket: [](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55920#ticket)

All updates made, thanks for flagging!

What do I need to do for unit testing?

You'll want to add tests after ​this one. We'll want tests that check that the function returns true with a matching author ID and false with a non-matching author ID.

You can take a look at the ​Automated Tests Handbook for more guidance too.