# wordpress-seo/trunk/src/bulk-editor/application/updates/meta-writer-interface.php

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- Modified: 2026-08-18T12:23:36+00:00

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```php
<?php

// phpcs:disable Yoast.NamingConventions.NamespaceName.TooLong -- Needed in the folder structure.
namespace Yoast\WP\SEO\Bulk_Editor\Application\Updates;

use Yoast\WP\SEO\Bulk_Editor\Domain\Updates\Update_Type;

/**
 * Describes how the bulk updater persists a title, description and focus keyphrase for a post.
 */
interface Meta_Writer_Interface {

	/**
	 * Writes the title for a post.
	 *
	 * @param Update_Type $type    The appearance the title belongs to.
	 * @param int         $post_id The ID of the post.
	 * @param string      $title   The title to write.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function write_title( Update_Type $type, int $post_id, string $title ): void;

	/**
	 * Writes the description for a post.
	 *
	 * @param Update_Type $type        The appearance the description belongs to.
	 * @param int         $post_id     The ID of the post.
	 * @param string      $description The description to write.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function write_description( Update_Type $type, int $post_id, string $description ): void;

	/**
	 * Writes the focus keyphrase for a post. The focus keyphrase is channel-agnostic,
	 * so it does not depend on the update type.
	 *
	 * Returns the sanitized value that was actually stored, so callers can detect
	 * when the input was silently altered (e.g. HTML stripped by sanitize_text_field).
	 *
	 * @param int    $post_id         The ID of the post.
	 * @param string $focus_keyphrase The focus keyphrase to write.
	 *
	 * @return string The sanitized focus keyphrase that was persisted.
	 */
	public function write_focus_keyphrase( int $post_id, string $focus_keyphrase ): string;

	/**
	 * Writes a per-field score for a post.
	 *
	 * @param int    $post_id The ID of the post.
	 * @param string $key     The score meta key (without prefix) to write.
	 * @param int    $score   The 0-100 score to write.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function write_score( int $post_id, string $key, int $score ): void;
}

```