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What action hook would I use to update post meta when viewing a post in WordPress admin?

Example URL: mywebsite.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1234&action=edit

I have found hooks that fire when a post is created/edited/status changed, but nothing that works for just viewing a post.

I need to check some meta data and update it before the post is displayed to the user

I have tried several hooks already but none let me edit post meta at the correct time (when viewing a post)

Solution: Adding this to admin_init allowed me to update post meta for a given post after the post data was loaded

if (isset($_GET['post']) && (isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] == 'edit'))
{
   $post = get_post($_GET['post']);

   if ($post->post_type == 'program')
   {
      // do stuff
   }
}
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  1. 0

    save_post hook in your case
    what you are trying to do show your code

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  2. 0

    Not sure if there’s a hook so you could either add one manually or use something like this

    global $pagenow;
if (is_admin() && $pagenow == 'post.php') {

    // editing a post

}
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