How to add confirmation dialog to WordPress post button

How to add a confirmation dialog box to the WordPress article publish button?

Have you ever accidentally clicked the publish button and published an article? If you use social plug-ins, the mistaken publication will be shared on social networks and may even be included by search engines. A piece of code in this article will effectively prevent misuse.

Add the following code to the functions.php file of your current theme:

// This is the confirmation message that will appear.
$c_message = 'Are you SURE you want to publish this post?';
 
function confirm_publish(){
 
global $c_message;
echo &#39;<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var publish = document.getElementById("publish");
if (publish !== null) publish.onclick = function(){
    return confirm("&#39;.$c_message.&#39;");
};
// --></script>&#39;;
}
add_action(&#39;admin_footer&#39;, &#39;confirm_publish&#39;);

After that, click the publish button and you will see the prompt as shown above, Can prevent misuse.

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