Title: WP_Customize_Control::active
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Control::active(): bool

## In this article

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

Checks whether control is active to current Customizer preview.

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

 bool Whether the control is active to the current preview.

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

    ```php
    final public function active() {
    	$control = $this;
    	$active  = call_user_func( $this->active_callback, $this );

    	/**
    	 * Filters response of WP_Customize_Control::active().
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.0.0
    	 *
    	 * @param bool                 $active  Whether the Customizer control is active.
    	 * @param WP_Customize_Control $control WP_Customize_Control instance.
    	 */
    	$active = apply_filters( 'customize_control_active', $active, $control );

    	return $active;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L263)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L263-L278)

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

 [apply_filters( ‘customize_control_active’, bool $active, WP_Customize_Control $control )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_control_active/)

Filters response of [WP_Customize_Control::active()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/active/).

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

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

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Control::to_json()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/to_json/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php` |

Refreshes the parameters passed to the JavaScript via JSON.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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