Remove fictioneer_first_publish_date meta

MIGRATION.md

@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ function fictioneer_migrate_chapters( $query_args = [], $story_args = [], $previ
       update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'fictioneer_chapter_story', $story_id );
     }
 
-    // Update other meta
-    update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'fictioneer_first_publish_date', $post->post_date_gmt );
-
     // Change post type to fcn_chapter (also triggers hooked actions and updates story)
     wp_update_post(
       array(

includes/functions/_development.php

@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ function fictioneer_generate_test_content() {
         fictioneer_generate_test_comments( $chapter_id, $comment_count );
 
         update_post_meta( $chapter_id, 'fictioneer_chapter_story', $story_id );
-        update_post_meta( $chapter_id, 'fictioneer_first_publish_date', current_time( 'mysql', true ) );
       }
     }
 

includes/functions/_service-posts.php

@@ -115,38 +115,6 @@ if ( get_option( 'fictioneer_count_characters_as_words' ) ) {
   add_action( 'save_post', 'fictioneer_characters_as_word_count' );
 }
 
-// =============================================================================
-// STORE ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE
-// =============================================================================
-
-/**
- * Stores the original publish date of a post in post meta
- *
- * @since 5.6.0
- *
- * @param int     $post_id  The ID of the post being saved.
- * @param WP_Post $post     The post object being saved.
- */
-
-function fictioneer_store_original_publish_date( $post_id, $post ) {
-  // Prevent miss-fire
-  if (
-    fictioneer_multi_save_guard( $post_id ) ||
-    $post->post_status !== 'publish'
-  ) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Get first publish date (if set)
-  $first_publish_date = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'fictioneer_first_publish_date', true );
-
-  // Set if missing
-  if ( empty( $first_publish_date ) || strtotime( $first_publish_date ) === false ) {
-    update_post_meta( $post_id, 'fictioneer_first_publish_date', current_time( 'mysql', true ) );
-  }
-}
-add_action( 'save_post', 'fictioneer_store_original_publish_date', 10, 2 );
-
 // =============================================================================
 // STORY CHANGELOG
 // =============================================================================

includes/functions/_setup-roles.php

@@ -1528,10 +1528,10 @@ if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
 
   function fictioneer_prevent_publish_date_update( $data, $postarr ) {
     // Setup
-    $first_publish_date = get_post_meta( $postarr['ID'], 'fictioneer_first_publish_date', true );
+    $current_post_date_gmt = get_post_time( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', 1, $postarr['ID'] );
 
     // Remove from update array if already published once
-    if ( ! empty( $first_publish_date ) ) {
+    if ( $current_post_date_gmt !== $data['post_date_gmt'] ) {
       unset( $data['post_date'] );
       unset( $data['post_date_gmt'] );
     }

includes/functions/_setup-theme.php

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function fictioneer_purge_caches_after_update() {
 add_action( 'fictioneer_after_update', 'fictioneer_purge_caches_after_update' );
 
 /**
- * Removed default chapter icons from post meta table
+ * Removes default chapter icons from post meta table
  *
  * @since 5.24.1
  */
@@ -371,6 +371,24 @@ function fictioneer_remove_default_chapter_icons_from_meta() {
 }
 add_action( 'fictioneer_after_update', 'fictioneer_remove_default_chapter_icons_from_meta' );
 
+/**
+ * Removes obsolete fictioneer_first_publish_date from post meta table
+ *
+ * @since 5.24.1
+ */
+
+function fictioneer_remove_first_publish_date_from_meta() {
+  global $wpdb;
+
+  $wpdb->query(
+    $wpdb->prepare(
+      "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE meta_key = %s",
+      'fictioneer_first_publish_date'
+    )
+  );
+}
+add_action( 'fictioneer_after_update', 'fictioneer_remove_first_publish_date_from_meta' );
+
 // =============================================================================
 // PROTECT META FIELDS
 // =============================================================================