Title: WP_Theme_JSON::get_settings_slugs
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Theme_JSON::get_settings_slugs( array $settings, array $preset_metadata, string[] $origins = null ): array

## In this article

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

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Similar to get_settings_values_by_slug, but doesn’t compute the value.

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

 `$settings`arrayrequired

Settings to process.

`$preset_metadata`arrayrequired

One of the PRESETS_METADATA values.

`$origins`string[]optional

List of origins to process.

Default:`null`

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

 array Array of presets where the key and value are both the slug.

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

    ```php
    protected static function get_settings_slugs( $settings, $preset_metadata, $origins = null ) {
    	if ( null === $origins ) {
    		$origins = static::VALID_ORIGINS;
    	}

    	$preset_per_origin = _wp_array_get( $settings, $preset_metadata['path'], array() );

    	$result = array();
    	foreach ( $origins as $origin ) {
    		if ( ! isset( $preset_per_origin[ $origin ] ) ) {
    			continue;
    		}
    		foreach ( $preset_per_origin[ $origin ] as $preset ) {
    			$slug = _wp_to_kebab_case( $preset['slug'] );

    			// Use the array as a set so we don't get duplicates.
    			$result[ $slug ] = $slug;
    		}
    	}
    	return $result;
    }
    ```

[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/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L2213)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L2213-L2233)

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

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

This function is trying to replicate what lodash’s kebabCase (JS library) does in the client.

  | 
| [_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.

  |

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

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

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