From ac24737f7ee06e53bc73f68cd883950389915ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Geatches <alec.geatches@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:55:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix "invalid_page_template" error when updating pages with
 unregistered page templates

---
 src/Models/class-inbound-smart-link.php | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Models/class-inbound-smart-link.php b/src/Models/class-inbound-smart-link.php
index 8a91476798..844cfae3b8 100644
--- a/src/Models/class-inbound-smart-link.php
+++ b/src/Models/class-inbound-smart-link.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Parsely\Utils\Utils;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use WP_Post;
+use WP_Error;
 
 /**
  * Model for Inbound Smart Link.
@@ -812,7 +813,7 @@ public function apply() {
 			true
 		);
 
-		if ( is_wp_error( $updated_post ) ) {
+		if ( is_wp_error( $updated_post ) && ! $this->is_ignorable_update_error( $updated_post ) ) {
 			return $updated_post;
 		}
 
@@ -942,7 +943,7 @@ public function remove( $restore_original_link = false, $delete_smart_link = tru
 			true
 		);
 
-		if ( is_wp_error( $updated_post ) ) {
+		if ( is_wp_error( $updated_post ) && ! $this->is_ignorable_update_error( $updated_post ) ) {
 			return $updated_post;
 		}
 
@@ -1280,4 +1281,27 @@ private function is_the_same_line( string $line1, string $line2 ): bool {
 
 		return $text1 === $text2;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if a WP_Error from wp_update_post() is ignorable.
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.19.0
+	 *
+	 * @param WP_Error $error The error to check.
+	 * @return bool True if the error is ignorable, false otherwise.
+	 */
+	private function is_ignorable_update_error( WP_Error $error ): bool {
+		// The 'invalid_page_template' error can be returned from wp_update_post()
+		// if the saved page template is a custom type that no longer exists.
+		// This error is returned *after* the post has been updated with a new smart
+		// link, so we can safely ignore it.
+		//
+		// The post will use the 'default' page template if a custom type
+		// doesn't exist anyway.
+		if ( 'invalid_page_template' === $error->get_error_code() ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
 }