Title: WP_Customize_Widgets::get_captured_options
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Widgets::get_captured_options(): array

## In this article

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

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Retrieves captured widget option updates.

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

 array Array of captured options.

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

    ```php
    protected function get_captured_options() {
    	return $this->_captured_options;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L2093)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L2093-L2095)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Widgets::call_widget_update()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/call_widget_update/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php` |

Finds and invokes the widget update and control callbacks.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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