Title: WP_Rewrite::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Rewrite::__construct()

## In this article

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

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Constructor – Calls [init()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/init/),
which runs setup.

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

    ```php
    public function __construct() {
    	$this->init();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php#L2022)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php#L2022-L2024)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Rewrite::init()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rewrite/init/)`wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php` |

Sets up the object’s properties.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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