Title: WP_Customize_Media_Control::get_default_button_labels
Published: November 20, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Media_Control::get_default_button_labels(): string[]

## In this article

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

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Get default button labels.

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

Provides an array of the default button labels based on the mime type of the current
control.

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

 string[] An associative array of default button labels keyed by the button name.

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

    ```php
    public function get_default_button_labels() {
    	// Get just the mime type and strip the mime subtype if present.
    	$mime_type = ! empty( $this->mime_type ) ? strtok( ltrim( $this->mime_type, '/' ), '/' ) : 'default';

    	switch ( $mime_type ) {
    		case 'video':
    			return array(
    				'select'       => __( 'Select video' ),
    				'change'       => __( 'Change video' ),
    				'default'      => __( 'Default' ),
    				'remove'       => __( 'Remove' ),
    				'placeholder'  => __( 'No video selected' ),
    				'frame_title'  => __( 'Select video' ),
    				'frame_button' => __( 'Choose video' ),
    			);
    		case 'audio':
    			return array(
    				'select'       => __( 'Select audio' ),
    				'change'       => __( 'Change audio' ),
    				'default'      => __( 'Default' ),
    				'remove'       => __( 'Remove' ),
    				'placeholder'  => __( 'No audio selected' ),
    				'frame_title'  => __( 'Select audio' ),
    				'frame_button' => __( 'Choose audio' ),
    			);
    		case 'image':
    			return array(
    				'select'       => __( 'Select image' ),
    				'site_icon'    => __( 'Select Site Icon' ),
    				'change'       => __( 'Change image' ),
    				'default'      => __( 'Default' ),
    				'remove'       => __( 'Remove' ),
    				'placeholder'  => __( 'No image selected' ),
    				'frame_title'  => __( 'Select image' ),
    				'frame_button' => __( 'Choose image' ),
    			);
    		default:
    			return array(
    				'select'       => __( 'Select file' ),
    				'change'       => __( 'Change file' ),
    				'default'      => __( 'Default' ),
    				'remove'       => __( 'Remove' ),
    				'placeholder'  => __( 'No file selected' ),
    				'frame_title'  => __( 'Select file' ),
    				'frame_button' => __( 'Choose file' ),
    			);
    	} // End switch().
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-media-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-media-control.php#L221)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-media-control.php#L221-L268)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Media_Control::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_media_control/__construct/)`wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-media-control.php` |

Constructor.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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