Title: WP_Connector_Registry::get_instance
Published: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Connector_Registry::get_instance(): 󠀁[WP_Connector_Registry](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_connector_registry/)󠁿|null

## In this article

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

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Retrieves the main instance of the registry class.

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

 [WP_Connector_Registry](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_connector_registry/)
|null The main registry instance, or null if not yet initialized.

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

    ```php
    public static function get_instance(): ?self {
    	return self::$instance;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php#L402)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php#L402-L404)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_is_connector_registered()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_is_connector_registered/)`wp-includes/connectors.php` |

Checks if a connector is registered.

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

Retrieves a registered connector.

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

Retrieves all registered connectors.

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

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

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