[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5257: Pages Must Be Saved Before Adding Custom Fields

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#5257: Pages Must Be Saved Before Adding Custom Fields
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 Reporter:  hughbiquitous   |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.3.1    
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.3      
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:           
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 If you add a custom field to an unsaved page, publishing the page turns it
 into a '''draft post''' and data is lost.

 '''Environment:'''

  * At 2.3.1-RC1, SVN version 6280
 (http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/2.3)

 '''Repro Steps:'''

  1. Create a new page.
  2. Title it "Custom Field Bug".
  3. Enter some text into the Page Content area.
  4. Create a custom field (I used key="file", value="foo bar baz"). Click
 "Add Custom Field".
  5. Click Publish.

 '''Expected Result:''' Page should publish.

 '''Observed Result:'''

  * After you click publish, it navigates to "Manage->Pages" menu but the
 page is not there.
  * Click on "Manage->Posts" and you will see a new, unpublished '''post'''
 (not '''page''') that
    * (A) '''does''' have the custom field, and
    * (B) does '''not''' have the Post Content entered in step 3, and
    * (C) does '''not''' have the title "Custom Field Bug" from step 2 --
 instead, the title is "Draft created on (date & time)".

 '''Note:''' I could not reproduce this for a post. It only happens for
 pages.

 '''Workaround:'''

  1. Create a new page.
  2. Title it "Custom Field Bug Workaround".
  3. '''Click "Save and continue editing".'''
  4. Create a custom field (I used key="file", value="foo bar baz"). Click
 "Add Custom Field".
  5. Click Publish.

 This gives the expected result.

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