protected function get_creation_args( $args = null ) {

		// Allow nothing to be passed in.
		if ( empty( $args ) ) {
			$args = array();
		}

		// Backwards compat to original 3.0.0 format when just a title was passed in.
		if ( is_string( $args ) ) {
			$args = array(
				'post_title' => $args,
			);
		}

		if ( isset( $args['title'] ) ) {
			$args['post_title'] = $args['title'];
			unset( $args['title'] );
		}
		if ( isset( $args['content'] ) ) {
			$args['post_content'] = $args['content'];
			unset( $args['content'] );
		}

		$meta = isset( $args['meta_input'] ) ? $args['meta_input'] : array();

		$props = array_diff( array_keys( $this->get_properties() ), array_keys( $this->get_post_properties() ) );

		foreach ( $props as $prop ) {

			if ( isset( $args[ $prop ] ) ) {

				$meta[ $this->meta_prefix . $prop ] = $args[ $prop ];
				unset( $args[ $prop ] );

			}
		}

		$args['meta_input'] = wp_parse_args( $meta, $meta );

		$args = wp_parse_args(
			$args,
			array(
				'comment_status' => 'closed',
				'meta_input'     => array(),
				'menu_order'     => 1,
				'ping_status'    => 'closed',
				'post_author'    => get_current_user_id(),
				'post_content'   => '',
				'post_excerpt'   => '',
				'post_status'    => 'publish',
				'post_title'     => '',
				'post_type'      => $this->get( 'db_post_type' ),
			)
		);

		return apply_filters( "llms_{$this->model_post_type}_get_creation_args", $args, $this );

	}