Title: WP_AI_Client_Event_Dispatcher::dispatch
Published: May 20, 2026

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# WP_AI_Client_Event_Dispatcher::dispatch( object $event ): object

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Dispatches an event to WordPress action hooks.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Converts the event class name to a WordPress action hook name and fires it.
For 
example, BeforeGenerateResultEvent becomes wp_ai_client_before_generate_result.

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

 `$event`objectrequired

The event object to dispatch.

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

 object The same event object, potentially modified by listeners.

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

    ```php
    public function dispatch( object $event ): object {
    	$event_name = $this->get_hook_name_portion_for_event( $event );

    	/**
    	 * Fires when an AI client event is dispatched.
    	 *
    	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$event_name`, refers to the
    	 * snake_case version of the event class name, without the `_event` suffix.
    	 *
    	 * For example, an event class named `BeforeGenerateResultEvent` will fire the
    	 * `wp_ai_client_before_generate_result` action hook.
    	 *
    	 * In practice, the available action hook names are:
    	 *
    	 * - wp_ai_client_before_generate_result
    	 * - wp_ai_client_after_generate_result
    	 *
    	 * @since 7.0.0
    	 *
    	 * @param object $event The event object.
    	 */
    	do_action( "wp_ai_client_{$event_name}", $event );

    	return $event;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ai-client/adapters/class-wp-ai-client-event-dispatcher.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/ai-client/adapters/class-wp-ai-client-event-dispatcher.php#L35)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/ai-client/adapters/class-wp-ai-client-event-dispatcher.php#L35-L59)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/dispatch/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( “wp_ai_client_{$event_name}”, object $event )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_ai_client_event_name/)

Fires when an AI client event is dispatched.

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_AI_Client_Event_Dispatcher::get_hook_name_portion_for_event()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_event_dispatcher/get_hook_name_portion_for_event/)`wp-includes/ai-client/adapters/class-wp-ai-client-event-dispatcher.php` |

Converts an event object class name to a WordPress action hook name portion.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [7.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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