Title: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::save
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::save( string $destfilename = null, string $mime_type = null ): array|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Saves current image to file.

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

 `$destfilename`stringoptional

Destination filename.

Default:`null`

`$mime_type`stringoptional

The mime-type.

Default:`null`

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

 array|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) Array
on success or [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
if the file failed to save.

 * `path` string
 * Path to the image file.
 * `file` string
 * Name of the image file.
 * `width` int
 * Image width.
 * `height` int
 * Image height.
 * `mime-type` string
 * The mime type of the image.
 * `filesize` int
 * File size of the image.

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

    ```php
    public function save( $destfilename = null, $mime_type = null ) {
    	$saved = $this->_save( $this->image, $destfilename, $mime_type );

    	if ( ! is_wp_error( $saved ) ) {
    		$this->file      = $saved['path'];
    		$this->mime_type = $saved['mime-type'];

    		try {
    			$this->image->setImageFormat( strtoupper( $this->get_extension( $this->mime_type ) ) );
    		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
    			return new WP_Error( 'image_save_error', $e->getMessage(), $this->file );
    		}
    	}

    	return $saved;
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::_save()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/_save/)`wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php` |  | 
| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.0.0/) | The `$filesize` value was added to the returned array. | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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