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

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# get_blog_status( int $id, string $pref ): bool|string|null

## In this article

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

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Gets a blog details field.

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

 `$id`intrequired

Blog ID.

`$pref`stringrequired

Field name.

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

 bool|string|null $value

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

    ```php
    function get_blog_status( $id, $pref ) {
    	global $wpdb;

    	$details = get_site( $id );
    	if ( $details ) {
    		return $details->$pref;
    	}

    	return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT %s FROM {$wpdb->blogs} WHERE blog_id = %d", $pref, $id ) );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php#L799)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php#L799-L808)

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

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

Retrieves site data given a site ID or site object.

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| [wpdb::get_var()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/get_var/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Retrieves one value from the database.

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| [wpdb::prepare()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/prepare/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Prepares a SQL query for safe execution.

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

Checks if a particular blog is archived.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [MU (3.0.0)](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/mu.3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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