From 07b42e5cb4dc4b10bf8a1c729e8408baea3a9c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Bearne <pbearne@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:35:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ajax: Add unit tests for wp_ajax_delete_post()

Co-authored-by: Junie <junie@jetbrains.com>
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 .../includes/ajax-actions/deletePost.php      | 149 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includes/ajax-actions/deletePost.php

diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includes/ajax-actions/deletePost.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includes/ajax-actions/deletePost.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28e8142768cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includes/ajax-actions/deletePost.php
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Admin Ajax functions to be tested.
+ */
+require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php';
+
+/**
+ * Testing wp_ajax_delete_post() functionality.
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage UnitTests
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @group ajax
+ *
+ * @covers ::wp_ajax_delete_post
+ */
+class Tests_wp_ajax_delete_post extends WP_Ajax_UnitTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * Administrator user ID.
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected static $admin_id;
+
+	/**
+	 * Subscriber user ID.
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected static $subscriber_id;
+
+	/**
+	 * Setup test fixtures.
+	 *
+	 * @param WP_UnitTest_Factory $factory
+	 */
+	public static function wpSetUpBeforeClass( WP_UnitTest_Factory $factory ): void {
+		self::$admin_id      = $factory->user->create( array( 'role' => 'administrator' ) );
+		self::$subscriber_id = $factory->user->create( array( 'role' => 'subscriber' ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Setup before each test method.
+	 */
+	public function set_up(): void {
+		parent::set_up();
+		add_action( 'admin_init', 'wp_ajax_delete_post', 1 );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests successful post deletion.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65252
+	 */
+	public function test_delete_post_success(): void {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
+
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+
+		// Ensure post is already in trash, so wp_delete_post() will actually delete it.
+		wp_trash_post( $post_id );
+
+		$_POST = array(
+			'id'          => $post_id,
+			'_ajax_nonce' => wp_create_nonce( "delete-post_$post_id" ),
+		);
+
+		try {
+			$this->_handleAjax( 'delete_post' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieStopException $e ) {
+			$this->assertSame( '1', $e->getMessage(), 'AJAX response should be 1 (success).' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieContinueException $e ) {
+			$this->assertSame( '1', $e->getMessage(), 'AJAX response should be 1 (success).' );
+		}
+
+		$this->assertNull( get_post( $post_id ), 'Post should be deleted.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests post deletion failure due to invalid nonce.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65252
+	 */
+	public function test_delete_post_invalid_nonce(): void {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
+
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+
+		$_POST = array(
+			'id'          => $post_id,
+			'_ajax_nonce' => 'invalid-nonce',
+		);
+
+		$this->expectException( WPAjaxDieStopException::class );
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage( '-1' );
+
+		$this->_handleAjax( 'delete_post' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests post deletion failure due to insufficient permissions.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65252
+	 */
+	public function test_delete_post_insufficient_permissions(): void {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$subscriber_id );
+
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+
+		$_POST = array(
+			'id'          => $post_id,
+			'_ajax_nonce' => wp_create_nonce( "delete-post_$post_id" ),
+		);
+
+		try {
+			$this->_handleAjax( 'delete_post' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieStopException $e ) {
+			$this->assertSame( '-1', $e->getMessage(), 'AJAX response should be -1 (insufficient permissions).' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieContinueException $e ) {
+			$this->assertSame( '-1', $e->getMessage(), 'AJAX response should be -1 (insufficient permissions).' );
+		}
+
+		$this->assertNotNull( get_post( $post_id ), 'Post should NOT be deleted.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests post deletion with non-existent ID.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65252
+	 */
+	public function test_delete_post_non_existent_id(): void {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
+
+		$post_id = 99999;
+
+		$_POST = array(
+			'id'          => $post_id,
+			'_ajax_nonce' => wp_create_nonce( "delete-post_$post_id" ),
+		);
+
+		$this->expectException( WPAjaxDieStopException::class );
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage( '-1' );
+
+		$this->_handleAjax( 'delete_post' );
+	}
+}