From 89c1d393b2d395fde9b3ba10e9cd842b5747529a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Biryukov <sergeybiryukov@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 07:43:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Posts, Post Types: Update, not delete the `page_for_posts`
 option in `_reset_front_page_settings_for_post()` when a linked page is
 deleted or trashed.

Props diddledan.
Fixes #46850.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@45746 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-includes/post.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post.php b/src/wp-includes/post.php
index 88d74a6bc9..ae688a3470 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -3000,7 +3000,7 @@ function _reset_front_page_settings_for_post( $post_id ) {
 			update_option( 'page_on_front', 0 );
 		}
 		if ( get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) == $post->ID ) {
-			delete_option( 'page_for_posts', 0 );
+			update_option( 'page_for_posts', 0 );
 		}
 	}
 	unstick_post( $post->ID );