Title: WP_Customize_Manager::refresh_changeset_lock
Published: November 20, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Manager::refresh_changeset_lock( int $changeset_post_id )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Refreshes changeset lock with the current time if current user edited the changeset
before.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$changeset_post_id`intrequired

Changeset post ID.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function refresh_changeset_lock( $changeset_post_id ) {
    	if ( ! $changeset_post_id ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$lock = get_post_meta( $changeset_post_id, '_edit_lock', true );
    	$lock = explode( ':', $lock );

    	if ( $lock && ! empty( $lock[1] ) ) {
    		$user_id         = (int) $lock[1];
    		$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
    		if ( $user_id === $current_user_id ) {
    			$lock = sprintf( '%s:%s', time(), $user_id );
    			update_post_meta( $changeset_post_id, '_edit_lock', $lock );
    		}
    	}
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [update_post_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates a post meta field based on the given post ID.

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| [get_current_user_id()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_current_user_id/)`wp-includes/user.php` |

Gets the current user’s ID.

  | 
| [get_post_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves a post meta field for the given post ID.

  |

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Manager::check_changeset_lock_with_heartbeat()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/check_changeset_lock_with_heartbeat/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Checks locked changeset with heartbeat API.

  | 
| [WP_Customize_Manager::set_changeset_lock()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/set_changeset_lock/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Marks the changeset post as being currently edited by the current user.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/refresh_changeset_lock/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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