Title: WP_Image_Editor::flip
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor::flip( bool $horz, bool $vert ): true|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Flips current image.

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

 `$horz`boolrequired

Flip along Horizontal Axis

`$vert`boolrequired

Flip along Vertical Axis

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

 true|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)

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

    ```php
    abstract public function flip( $horz, $vert );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php#L171)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php#L171-L171)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Image_Editor::maybe_exif_rotate()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/maybe_exif_rotate/)`wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php` |

Check if a JPEG image has EXIF Orientation tag and rotate it if needed.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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