Title: WP_Dependencies::do_item
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Dependencies::do_item( string $handle, int|false $group = false ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Processes a dependency.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$handle`stringrequired

Name of the item. Should be unique.

`$group`int|falseoptional

Group level: level (int), no group (false).

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false if not set.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function do_item( $handle, $group = false ) {
    	return isset( $this->registered[ $handle ] );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes_class-wp-dependencies-php-2/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-dependencies.php#L172-L174)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Styles::do_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_styles/do_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-styles.php` |

Processes a style dependency.

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| [WP_Dependencies::do_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_dependencies/do_items/)`wp-includes/class-wp-dependencies.php` |

Processes the items and dependencies.

  | 
| [WP_Scripts::do_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_scripts/do_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php` |

Processes a script dependency.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/do_item/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Added the `$group` parameter. | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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