+ $success = wp_update_post( $post_data );
+ // If the save failed, see if we can sanity check the main fields and try again
+ if ( ! $success && is_callable( array( $wpdb, 'strip_invalid_text_for_column' ) ) ) {
+ $fields = array( 'post_title', 'post_content', 'post_excerpt' );
+
+ foreach( $fields as $field ) {
+ if ( isset( $post_data[ $field ] ) ) {
+ $post_data[ $field ] = $wpdb->strip_invalid_text_for_column( $wpdb->posts, $field, $post_data[ $field ] );
+ }
+ }
+
+ wp_update_post( $post_data );
+ }