Title: WP_Customize_Setting::json
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Customize_Setting::json(): array

## In this article

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

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Retrieves the data to export to the client via JSON.

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

 array Array of parameters passed to JavaScript.

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

    ```php
    public function json() {
    	return array(
    		'value'     => $this->js_value(),
    		'transport' => $this->transport,
    		'dirty'     => $this->dirty,
    		'type'      => $this->type,
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php#L823)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php#L823-L830)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Setting::js_value()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/js_value/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php` |

Sanitize the setting’s value for use in JavaScript.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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