Title: WP_Dependencies::query
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Dependencies::query( string $handle, string $status = 'registered' ): bool|󠀁[_WP_Dependency](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_dependency/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Query the list for an item.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_dependencies/query/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$handle`stringrequired

Name of the item. Should be unique.

`$status`stringoptional

Status of the item to query. Default `'registered'`.

Default:`'registered'`

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

 bool|[_WP_Dependency](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_dependency/)
Found, or object Item data.

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

    ```php
    public function query( $handle, $status = 'registered' ) {
    	switch ( $status ) {
    		case 'registered':
    		case 'scripts': // Back compat.
    			return $this->registered[ $handle ] ?? false;

    		case 'enqueued':
    		case 'queue': // Back compat.
    			if ( in_array( $handle, $this->queue, true ) ) {
    				return true;
    			}
    			return $this->recurse_deps( $this->queue, $handle );

    		case 'to_do':
    		case 'to_print': // Back compat.
    			return in_array( $handle, $this->to_do, true );

    		case 'done':
    		case 'printed': // Back compat.
    			return in_array( $handle, $this->done, true );
    	}

    	return false;
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Dependencies::recurse_deps()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_dependencies/recurse_deps/)`wp-includes/class-wp-dependencies.php` |

Recursively search the passed dependency tree for a handle.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Moved from `WP_Scripts`. | 
| [2.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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