(Wordpress) New post via code, adding thumbnail and slug issues

Question

I'm importing some static pages into my WP website via code, and there's 2 issues I can't find any solution for.

Here's my insertion code:

$data = getPost(1);

// details for the post we're about to insert
$my_post = array(
    'post_title'  => $data['page_title'],
    'post_date'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime($data['date'])),
    'post_date_gmt' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime($data['date'])),
    'post_content' => '<p>' . $data['intro'] . '</p>' . $data['body'],
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    //'post_category' => (!empty($cats[$data['category']]) ? $cats[$data['category']] :     1),
    'post_author' => (!empty($users[$data['author']]) ? $users[$data['author']] : 9),
    'post_name' => $data['slug'],
    'post_type' => 'post'
);

If you ever wonder what's inside of $data, here it is:

Array ( [post_title] => Gutscheine bei Bingo3X gewinnen [post_date] => 2013-12-08 00:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-12-08 00:00:00 [post_content] => Nicht nur Geld gewinnen macht Spaß, sondern Gutscheine können ebenfalls ihren Vorteil haben. So gibt es mit der Pouch-A-Vouch Aktion bei Bingo3X zurzeit Gutscheine im Wert von 30 £ gewinnen.

Nicht nur Geld gewinnen macht Spaß, sondern Gutscheine können ebenfalls ihren Vorteil haben. So gibt es mit der Pouch-A-Vouch Aktion bei Bingo3X zurzeit Gutscheine im Wert von 30 £ gewinnen.

[post_status] => publish [post_author] => 9 [post_name] => gutscheine-bei-bingo3x-gewinnen [post_type] => post )

According to http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post "post_name" will create the slug for the post (link to it), whenever I import this data, it adds the post correctly, but appends some weird number to the end of the slug, f.e it can be: mysite.com/2013/10/08/gutscheine-bei-bingo3x-gewinnen-5 <--- THAT -5 is coming from nowhere.. Any ideas? :)
Bigger issue. How do I add featured_image via code? I have URL (or I can have the image located locally, I have sizes, but I don't find how to insert it with the post. Some kind of add_post_meta or wp_set_object_terms can help? But I'm not sure what to write there...

Thanks!!

Slugs must be unique, so if the post name is duplicate, slug must be altered in order for the post to be valid — nice ass
Have you tried this? codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/set_post_thumbnail Also, there is a simmilar question at wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/40301/… try reading more about it — Adam Baranyai

Prince Singh Prince Singh · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-10T17:40:21

    if( null == get_page_by_title( $title_connection ) ) { 
// $title_connection should be unique

            $post_id = wp_insert_post(

                array(

                    'comment_status'    =>  'closed',

                    'ping_status'       =>  'closed',

                    'post_author'       =>  $author_id,

                    'post_name'         =>  $slug_connection,

                    'post_title'        =>  $title_connection,

                    'post_status'       =>  'publish',

                    'post_type'         =>  'page',

                    'post_parent'       =>  $page_parent->ID

                )

            );



        }

To insert post featured image programmitically ...

 $wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype(basename($filename), null );

    $attachment = array(
    'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
    'post_title' => preg_replace('/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename($filename)),
    'post_content' => '',
    'post_status' => 'inherit'
    );

    $attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename, $parent_id );
    $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $filename );
    wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );

add_post_meta($post_id, '_thumbnail_id', $attach_id, true);

(Wordpress) New post via code, adding thumbnail and slug issues

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