XML-RPC: Correctly return deletion error message in wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_deleteTerm().

SergeyBiryukov · SergeyBiryukov · commit 26f040331c68 · 2025-04-19T18:54:41.000Z
This ensures that the correct variable is used to return the `WP_Error` message from the `wp_delete_term()` attempt. Follow-up to [20137]. Props justlevine. See #63268. git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@60175 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ public function wp_deleteTerm( $args ) {
 		$result = wp_delete_term( $term_id, $taxonomy->name );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
-			return new IXR_Error( 500, $term->get_error_message() );
+			return new IXR_Error( 500, $result->get_error_message() );
 		}
 
 		if ( ! $result ) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ public function wp_deleteTerm( $args ) {`
`2345`	`2345`	`$result = wp_delete_term( $term_id, $taxonomy->name );`
`2346`	`2346`
`2347`	`2347`	`if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {`
`2348`		`- return new IXR_Error( 500, $term->get_error_message() );`
	`2348`	`+ return new IXR_Error( 500, $result->get_error_message() );`
`2349`	`2349`	`}`
`2350`	`2350`
`2351`	`2351`	`if ( ! $result ) {`