post_submitbox_start │ action-hook │ WP 2.7.0

Fires immediately before the “Publish” (“Update”) button in the admin panel's “Publish” box. This hook can be used to add custom text before the button.

Usage

add_action( 'post_submitbox_start', 'wp_kama_post_submitbox_start_action' );

/**
 * Function for `post_submitbox_start` action-hook.
 * 
 * @param WP_Post|null $post WP_Post object for the current post on Edit Post screen, null on Edit
 *                           Link screen.
 *
 * @return void
 */
function wp_kama_post_submitbox_start_action( $post ){
	// action...
}

$post(WP_Post) (since version 4.9.0)

The current post object on the editing screen.

Examples

#1 Add some text before the “Publish” button:

add_action( 'post_submitbox_start', 'action_function_name_11' );
function action_function_name_11(){
	echo "<p>Text before the button. Instead of this text, we can, for example,
	add another button that performs some special processing
	when publishing.</p>";
}