fixes

backend/igny8_core/business/content/models.py

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ class Content(SiteSectorBaseModel):
     external_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True, db_index=True, help_text="WordPress/external platform post ID")
     external_url = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, help_text="WordPress/external platform URL")
     external_type = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, null=True, help_text="WordPress post type (post, page, product, etc.)")
+    external_metadata = models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True, default=dict, help_text="External platform metadata (WordPress term IDs, etc.)")
     sync_status = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True, help_text="Sync status with WordPress")
     
     # Source tracking

backend/igny8_core/business/publishing/migrations/0002_alter_publishingrecord_content_and_more.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2025-12-01 08:21
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('igny8_core_auth', '0003_add_sync_event_model'),
+        ('publishing', '0001_initial'),
+        ('writer', '0010_add_review_status_to_content'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='publishingrecord',
+            name='content',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, help_text='Content being published', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='publishing_records', to='writer.content'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddIndex(
+            model_name='deploymentrecord',
+            index=models.Index(fields=['site', 'status'], name='igny8_deplo_site_id_0de333_idx'),
+        ),
+    ]

backend/igny8_core/business/publishing/services/publisher_service.py

@@ -173,11 +173,15 @@ class PublisherService:
                 
                 # NEW: Save term_ids to external_metadata if available
                 if result.get('metadata') and result['metadata'].get('term_ids'):
-                    if not content.external_metadata:
-                        content.external_metadata = {}
-                    content.external_metadata['wordpress_term_ids'] = result['metadata']['term_ids']
-                    logger.info(f"[PublisherService._publish_to_destination] 🏷️  Saved term_ids to external_metadata: {result['metadata']['term_ids']}")
-                    content.save(update_fields=['status', 'external_id', 'external_url', 'external_metadata', 'updated_at'])
+                    if not hasattr(content, 'external_metadata'):
+                        logger.warning(f"[PublisherService._publish_to_destination] ⚠️  Content model missing external_metadata field - run migrations")
+                        content.save(update_fields=['status', 'external_id', 'external_url', 'updated_at'])
+                    else:
+                        if content.external_metadata is None:
+                            content.external_metadata = {}
+                        content.external_metadata['wordpress_term_ids'] = result['metadata']['term_ids']
+                        logger.info(f"[PublisherService._publish_to_destination] 🏷️  Saved term_ids to external_metadata: {result['metadata']['term_ids']}")
+                        content.save(update_fields=['status', 'external_id', 'external_url', 'external_metadata', 'updated_at'])
                 else:
                     content.save(update_fields=['status', 'external_id', 'external_url', 'updated_at'])