WordPress Plugin to create a React Public page on activation - php

Question

I'm building a WordPress plugin that creates an admin menu and stores the value in the WordPress backend and then shows this stored value on a Public page. But the code is not creating a Public page where I want to load a custom react page.
In the root directory, I have wp-react-kickoff.php file like this
<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Batmobile Design
* Author: Batman
* Author URI:
* Version: 1.0.0
* Description: WordPress React KickOff.
* Text-Domain: wp-react-kickoff
*/
if( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) : exit(); endif; // No direct access allowed.
/**
* Define Plugins Contants
*/
define ( 'WPRK_PATH', trailingslashit( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) ) );
define ( 'WPRK_URL', trailingslashit( plugins_url( '/', __FILE__ ) ) );
/**
* Loading Necessary Scripts
*/
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'sd_scripts' );
function sd_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-react-kickoff', WPRK_URL . 'dist/bundle.js', [ 'jquery', 'wp-element' ], wp_rand(), true );
wp_localize_script( 'wp-react-kickoff', 'appLocalizer', [
'apiUrl' => home_url( '/wp-json' ),
'nonce' => wp_create_nonce( 'wp_rest' ),
] );
}
require_once WPRK_PATH . 'classes/class-create-admin-menu.php';
require_once WPRK_PATH . 'classes/class-create-settings-routes.php';
require_once WPRK_PATH . 'classes/class-public-page.php';
Then I have created a folder called classes where I have
class-create-admin-menu.php,
class-create-settings-routes.php,
class-public-page.php,
wprk-public-page-template.php.
The code specific to create Public page looks like this
<?php
/**
* This file will create Public Page
*/
function wprk_create_public_page() {
$page = [
'post_type' => 'Automatic page',
'post_title' => 'WP React KickOff Public Page',
'post_content' => 'asasasas',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,
];
$page_id = wp_insert_post( $page );
update_post_meta( $page_id, '_wp_page_template', 'wprk-public-page-template.php' );
}
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'wprk_create_public_page' );
And my wprk-public-page-template.php
<div id="wprk-public-app"></div>
<?php
wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-react-Kickoff', WPRK_URL . 'dist/bundle.js', [], wp_rand(), true );
wp_localize_script( 'wp-react-Kickoff', 'appLocalizer', [
'apiUrl' => home_url( '/wp-json' ),
'nonce' => wp_create_nonce( 'wp_rest' ),
] );
And In the ReactFolder, I have App.js, both Settings (This is for admin menu, it is working properly) and Public Page rendered like this
import React from 'react';
import PublicPage from './components/PublicPage';
import Settings from './components/Settings';
function App() {
return(
<React.Fragment>
<Settings />
<PublicPage />
</React.Fragment>
)
}
export default App;
And for testing, let the Public page, look like this
import axios from 'axios';
const apiUrl = appLocalizer.apiUrl;
const nonce = appLocalizer.nonce;
import React from 'react';
function PublicPage(props) {
return (
<div>
<h1>hello world asasa</h1>
</div>
);
}
export default PublicPage;
I'm quite new to programming. Could someone help me identify why the Public page is not getting created?
Please let me know if you need additional information to troubleshoot?

Answer 1

your post_type argument in your create page function isnt valid.
If you have a custom post type you'll want to use the slug, otherwise, in your case if i understand correctly you want to create a standard wordpress page which the post type is page.
function wprk_create_public_page() {
$page = [
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_title' => 'WP React KickOff Public Page',
'post_content' => 'asasasas',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,
];
$page_id = wp_insert_post( $page );
update_post_meta( $page_id, '_wp_page_template', 'wprk-public-page-template.php' );
}
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'wprk_create_public_page' );