Title: WP_Customize_Manager::customize_preview_signature
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Manager::customize_preview_signature()

## In this article

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

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This method has been deprecated since 4.7.0.

Prints a signature so we can ensure the Customizer was properly executed.

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

    ```php
    public function customize_preview_signature() {
    	_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '4.7.0' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php#L2239)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php#L2239-L2241)

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

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

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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