Title: WP_HTTP_Response::set_status
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_HTTP_Response::set_status( int $code )

## In this article

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

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Sets the 3-digit HTTP status code.

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

 `$code`intrequired

HTTP status.

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

    ```php
    public function set_status( $code ) {
    	$this->status = absint( $code );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-http-response.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-response.php#L115)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-response.php#L115-L117)

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

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

Converts a value to non-negative integer.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_HTTP_Response::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http_response/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-http-response.php` |

Constructor.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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