$auto_new_post = array(
                            'post_title' => $img_title,
                            'comment_status' => 'open',
                            'post_name' => $slug,
                            'post_content' => '',
                            'post_status' => 'draft',
                            'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
                            'post_author' => 2,
                            'post_type' => 'post',
                            'post_category' => $cat_ids
                        );

                        $auto_post_id = wp_insert_post($auto_new_post);

                        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php');
                        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php');
                        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');

                        $media_img_url = 'http://localhost/'.$save_path ;
                        $tmp = download_url( $media_img_url );
                        $post_id = $auto_post_id ;
                        $desc = $img_title;

                        // Set variables for storage
                        // fix file filename for query strings
                        preg_match('/[^\?]+\.(jpg|JPG|jpe|JPE|jpeg|JPEG|gif|GIF|png|PNG)/', $media_img_url, $matches);
                        $file_array['name'] = basename($matches[0]);
                        $file_array['tmp_name'] = $tmp;

                        // If error storing temporarily, unlink
                        if ( is_wp_error( $tmp ) ) {
                            @unlink($file_array['tmp_name']);
                            $file_array['tmp_name'] = '';
                        }

                        // do the validation and storage stuff
                        $id = media_handle_sideload( $file_array, $post_id, $desc );

                        // If error storing permanently, unlink
                        if ( is_wp_error($id) ) {
                            @unlink($file_array['tmp_name']);
                            return $id;
                        }
                        if(is_readable($save_path)) { unlink($save_path); }

                        $src = wp_get_attachment_url( $id );

                        // set image as the post thumbnail
                        set_post_thumbnail($post_id, $id);

                        $content = '<img src="'.$src.'" alt="'.$img_title.'" title="'.$img_title.'" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-'.$id.' width="500"/>';

                        // Update post
                        $new_auto_post = array();
                        $new_auto_post['ID'] = $auto_post_id;
                        $new_auto_post['post_content'] = $content;

                        // Update the post into the database
                        wp_update_post( $new_auto_post );