Title: WP_Theme_JSON::get_element_class_name
Published: November 2, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Theme_JSON::get_element_class_name( string $element ): string

## In this article

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

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Returns a class name by an element name.

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

 `$element`stringrequired

The name of the element.

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

 string The name of the class.

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

    ```php
    public static function get_element_class_name( $element ) {
    	$class_name = '';

    	if ( isset( static::__EXPERIMENTAL_ELEMENT_CLASS_NAMES[ $element ] ) ) {
    		$class_name = static::__EXPERIMENTAL_ELEMENT_CLASS_NAMES[ $element ];
    	}

    	return $class_name;
    }
    ```

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_theme_get_element_class_name()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_theme_get_element_class_name/)`wp-includes/theme.php` |

Given an element name, returns a class name.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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