Title: WP_Image_Editor::get_quality
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor::get_quality(): int

## In this article

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

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Gets the Image Compression quality on a 1-100% scale.

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

 int Compression Quality. Range: [1,100]

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

    ```php
    public function get_quality() {
    	if ( ! $this->quality ) {
    		$this->set_quality();
    	}

    	return $this->quality;
    }
    ```

[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#L223)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php#L223-L229)

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

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

Sets Image Compression quality on a 1-100% scale.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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