Title: WP_Customize_Control::get_content
Published: December 18, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Customize_Control::get_content(): string

## In this article

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

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Gets the control’s content for insertion into the Customizer pane.

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

 string Contents of the control.

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

    ```php
    final public function get_content() {
    	ob_start();
    	$this->maybe_render();
    	return trim( ob_get_clean() );
    }
    ```

[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/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L384)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L384-L388)

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

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

Checks capabilities and render the control.

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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.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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