Title: WP_Customize_Panel::render
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Customize_Panel::render()

## In this article

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

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Render the panel container, and then its contents (via `this->render_content()`)
in a subclass.

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

Panel containers are now rendered in JS by default, see [WP_Customize_Panel::print_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_panel/print_template/).

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

    ```php
    protected function render() {}
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php#L309)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php#L309-L309)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Panel::maybe_render()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_panel/maybe_render/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php` |

Check capabilities and render the panel.

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

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

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