Title: WP_Theme_JSON::get_name_from_defaults
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Theme_JSON::get_name_from_defaults( string $slug, array $base_path ): string|null

## In this article

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

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Gets a `default`‘s preset name by a provided slug.

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

 `$slug`stringrequired

The slug we want to find a match from default presets.

`$base_path`arrayrequired

The path to inspect. It’s `'settings'` by default.

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

 string|null

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

    ```php
    protected function get_name_from_defaults( $slug, $base_path ) {
    	$path            = $base_path;
    	$path[]          = 'default';
    	$default_content = _wp_array_get( $this->theme_json, $path, null );
    	if ( ! $default_content ) {
    		return null;
    	}
    	foreach ( $default_content as $item ) {
    		if ( $slug === $item['slug'] ) {
    			return $item['name'];
    		}
    	}
    	return null;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L3465)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L3465-L3478)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [_wp_array_get()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_array_get/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Accesses an array in depth based on a path of keys.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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