Title: edit_post vs. save_post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# edit_post vs. save_post

 *  [avocado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avocado/)
 * (@avocado)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/)
 * Can someone please help me understand what the differences are between the edit_post
   and save_post hooks?
 * Also, is there anywhere where the API is better documented than on the codex?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [red-star](https://wordpress.org/support/users/red-star/)
 * (@red-star)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/#post-395952)
 * Edit post: you can edit the post you already made.
 * Save post: when you made a post you click on the save, to put it on the web.
 *  Thread Starter [avocado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avocado/)
 * (@avocado)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/#post-395953)
 * So does edit_post get called when you save a new post?
 * And does save_post get called when you save changes to an existing post?
 * I just don’t understand what the difference is and when each is called – i.e.
   why there are two different hooks, and in what circumstances I should use each
   one.
 *  [red-star](https://wordpress.org/support/users/red-star/)
 * (@red-star)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/#post-395955)
 * Edit_post get called, when you are logt in as admin. The link will also show 
   only for you on your blog.
 * The differents between edit and save is pretty clear I think. If you could not
   edit a post anymore, but after saving you see something realy looking clombsy,
   then you would be happy you could edit 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [avocado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avocado/)
 * (@avocado)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/#post-395957)
 * So edit_post gets called when you load the editing form, as opposed to when you
   save the edits?
 *  [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/)
 * (@maerk)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_post-vs-save_post/#post-395961)
 * To find more information about wordpress functions, you can always google the
   function name. They’re pretty unique, and it often turns up quite useful information.

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