Title: tmptitle draft posts
Last modified: October 31, 2023

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# tmptitle draft posts

 *  [ChrisL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrslcy/)
 * (@chrslcy)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tmptitle-draft-posts/)
 * The issue of Postie Plugin creating tmptitle draft posts ad infinitum when a 
   problem is incurred with a media file or there’s not enough memory is a common
   one.
 * The problem is two fold:
    1. Postie does not inform the website administrator that it is happening and sometimes
       it’s discovered days later when there are hundreds of draft posts.
    2. The problem causes a backlog of emails because Postie does not progress to the
       next mail when a problem is incurred.
 * For that reason, I’ve created this function which appears to work fine. It simply
   emails the website administrator if two or more draft posts with the title ‘tmptitle’
   are created.
 * It would be great to see Postie Plugin do something like this out of the box.
   Even better if Postie were able to skip problem emails to avoid mail backlogs.
 * Any suggested improvements are welcome!
 *     ```wp-block-code
       function check_draft_post_title( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
           if ( $new_status === 'draft' && strtolower( $post->post_title ) === 'tmptitle' ) {
               $post_id = $post->ID;
   
               // Check if transient already exists
               $email_sent = get_transient( 'draft_post_email_sent_' . $post_id );
   
               if ( false === $email_sent ) {
                   $args = array(
                       'post_type'   => 'post',
                       'post_status' => 'draft',
                       'post_title' => 'tmptitle',
                   );
                   $query = new WP_Query( $args );
   
                   // Check if there are 2 or more draft posts with the same title
                   if ( $query->found_posts >= 2 ) {
                       error_log( 'Two or more draft posts with the title "tmptitle" have been created by Postie Plugin.' );
                       $to      = get_option( 'admin_email' ); // Use admin email address
       				$subject = get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ' - Multiple Draft tmptitle Posts Created';
       				$message = '<p>Two or more draft posts with the title "tmptitle" have been created by Postie Plugin.</p>';
       				$message .= '<p>View all posts in the admin area: ' . get_admin_url() . 'edit.php?post_type=post</p>';
       				$message .= '<p>Here are some suggested remedies: https://postieplugin.com/ufaq/my-posts-have-a-tmptitle-title-and-no-content/</p>';
                       $headers = array( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8' );
                       wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
   
                       // Set transient to prevent duplicate email
                       set_transient( 'draft_post_email_sent_' . $post_id, true, DAY_IN_SECONDS );
                   }
   
                   wp_reset_postdata();
               }
           }
       }
       add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'check_draft_post_title', 10, 3 );
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [ChrisL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrslcy/)
 * (@chrslcy)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tmptitle-draft-posts/#post-17165226)
 * The original code seems to trigger on the first tmptitle post, however, if you
   increase the trigger value to 3, that seems to fix the issue, like this:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       function check_draft_post_title( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
           if ( $new_status === 'draft' && strtolower( $post->post_title ) === 'tmptitle' ) {
               $post_id = $post->ID;
   
               // Check if transient already exists
               $email_sent = get_transient( 'draft_post_email_sent_' . $post_id );
   
               if ( false === $email_sent ) {
                   $args = array(
                       'post_type'   => 'post',
                       'post_status' => 'draft',
                       'post_title' => 'tmptitle',
                   );
                   $query = new WP_Query( $args );
   
                   // Check if there are three or more draft posts with the title tmptitle
                   if ( $query->found_posts >= 3 ) {
                       error_log( 'Three or more draft posts with the title "tmptitle" have been created by Postie Plugin.' );
                       $to      = get_option( 'admin_email' ); // Use admin email address
       		$subject = get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ' - Multiple Draft tmptitle Posts Created';
       		$message = '<p>Three or more draft posts with the title "tmptitle" have been created by Postie Plugin.</p>';
       		$message .= '<p>View all posts in the admin area: ' . get_admin_url() . 'edit.php?post_type=post</p>';
       		$message .= '<p>Here are some suggested remedies: https://postieplugin.com/ufaq/my-posts-have-a-tmptitle-title-and-no-content/</p>';
                       $headers = array( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8' );
                       wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
   
                       // Set transient to prevent duplicate email
                       set_transient( 'draft_post_email_sent_' . $post_id, true, DAY_IN_SECONDS );
                   }
   
                   wp_reset_postdata();
               }
           }
       }
       add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'check_draft_post_title', 10, 3 );
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tmptitle-draft-posts/#post-17165226)
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