“Needs to be updated” Sync Status – How Does This Work?

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    (@efficated)


    3 years ago

    Firstly, huge thanks to the developers of this plugin – it’s fantastic.

    My question is around the “Needs to be updated” sync status – what exactly does this mean, when is it triggered, and when does it trigger an actual update against the Apple News API?

    The reason I ask is that many of my site’s posts are sitting with this status, and they never actually process an update (i.e. they sit on “Needs to be updated” forever more). If I manually intervene and click the little “Publish” link, the update runs and works correctly without errors.

    One thing to note is that periodically when I refresh the plugin’s “Articles” view I’ll see that an existing article does automatically have the “PROCESSING_UPDATE” status and then will jump to Published, so it’s not like this isn’t working at all.

    Would very much appreciate any insight into this.

    Thanks very much

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  • Plugin Author Kevin Fodness

    (@kevinfodness)

    “Needs to be updated” occurs when there has been an update to the content of the post that hasn’t been sent to Apple. This most often occurs when the automatic updating features of the plugin aren’t turned on, and a post has been changed since the last time it was sent to Apple via the API. Merely having this status doesn’t trigger an update – that comes down to whether the auto update features are turned on, or whether you have published manually.

    If you have the auto update features turned on and are still seeing this message, it could have something to do with using the Gutenberg editor with legacy metaboxes, and the fact that WordPress will actually update the post more than once (first with the information from Gutenberg, then with the metabox information). Are you noticing that updates that you are expecting to go to Apple News aren’t actually making it there? Does re-saving the post fix the issue?

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