https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-i-make-update-wp_postmeta-early Gravity Support Forums Topic: Can I make update wp_postmeta early?... en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:12:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-i-make-update-wp_postmeta-early#post-168426 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:02:33 +0000 Chris Hajer 168426@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <blockquote><p> I have written a function that pulls the relevant data from wp_posts &amp; wp_postmeta to return a string that contains all the information required. </p></blockquote> <p>What action do you have your function hooked to, and what are you doing with the data you retrieve? Is this related to BuddyPress Group Subscription (and is that a plugin or BP core function)? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-i-make-update-wp_postmeta-early#post-163148 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:19:27 +0000 matthewbyrom 163148@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The following page (<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-plugins-load-order" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-plugins-load-order</a>) allowed me to add functionality to move Gravity Forms to the top of the array active_plugins.</p> <p>This saves having to rename the plugin at least.</p> <p>However, that didn't help. :(</p> <p>Does anyone know what php file is called when someone hits the "Submit" button on a Gravity Form? Perhaps I can add some functionality at that point? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-i-make-update-wp_postmeta-early#post-162902 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:22:48 +0000 matthewbyrom 162902@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Update: It has been suggested that the reason this is happening is because Buddypress and its associated plugins are occurring before Gravity Forms, as Wordpress stores the list of plugins alphabetically.</p> <p>Therefore if I rename the Gravity Forms plugin to AA-Gravity Forms or something similar, all will be well.</p> <p>I realise that this will probably break any update notifications for Gravity Forms.</p> <p>If anyone has a more elegant solution than this (not tried it yet) any advice would be appreciated. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-i-make-update-wp_postmeta-early#post-161772 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:32:44 +0000 matthewbyrom 161772@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi There.</p> <p>I may need to tweak Gravity Forms a touch to make an insert into wp_postmeta occur before a plugin activates. I'll explain...</p> <p>We have a site which creates custom posts using Gravity Forms.</p> <p>Using BuddyPress Group Subscription, users are able to sign up to groups &amp; recieve these posts via email.<br /> Using BuddyPress Group Subscription, users can choose a digest of posts or see all posts.</p> <p>The users need to be able to read the entire post when All Email is selected.</p> <p>Under normal circumstances, user hits the Submit button on our Gravity Form, the post is then added to the activity stream, &amp; the email content is sent out.</p> <p>Normally, when the addition is made to the Activity Stream, the post_title &amp; post_content is used, all located in wp_posts.</p> <p>I have written a function that pulls the relevant data from wp_posts &amp; wp_postmeta to return a string that contains all the information required.</p> <p>The problem is that, when the post is added to the Activity Stream at that point wp_post contains the correct data, but wp_postmeta does not have the custom form data added yet.</p> <p>I tested this by decrementing the post_id by 1 when my function was called ( which is called 1 line prior to adding the post to activity stream) &amp; the function works perfectly.</p> <p>So in an nutshell what's happening is:</p> <p>1) User presses submit<br /> 2) data is inserted into wp_posts<br /> 3) data is added to Activity Stream - (Data for the email functionality)<br /> 4) data is added to wp_postmeta</p> <p>Is there a way I can make Gravity Forms do 4) before the Group Email Subscription Plugin does 3)?</p> <p>Alternatively, is there a way I can make Gravity Forms complete its inserts before another plugin /function even starts? I'd rather take a performance hit of a few seconds on the Email side so that Gravity Forms can work.</p> <p>All advice would be appreciated! </p>