get_option( string $option, mixed $default = false ): mixed

Retrieves an option value based on an option name.

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Description

If the option does not exist, and a default value is not provided, boolean false is returned. This could be used to check whether you need to initialize an option during installation of a plugin, however that can be done better by using add_option() which will not overwrite existing options.

Not initializing an option and using boolean false as a return value is a bad practice as it triggers an additional database query.

The type of the returned value can be different from the type that was passed when saving or updating the option. If the option value was serialized, then it will be unserialized when it is returned. In this case the type will be the same. For example, storing a non-scalar value like an array will return the same array.

In most cases non-string scalar and null values will be converted and returned as string equivalents.

Exceptions:

When the option has not been saved in the database, the $default value is returned if provided. If not, boolean false is returned.
When one of the Options API filters is used: ‘pre_option_$option’, ‘default_option_$option’, or ‘option_$option’, the returned value may not match the expected type.
When the option has just been saved in the database, and get_option() is used right after, non-string scalar and null values are not converted to string equivalents and the original type is returned.

Examples:

When adding options like this: add_option( 'my_option_name', 'value' ) and then retrieving them with get_option( 'my_option_name' ), the returned values will be:

false returns string(0) ""
true returns string(1) "1"
0 returns string(1) "0"
1 returns string(1) "1"
'0' returns string(1) "0"
'1' returns string(1) "1"
null returns string(0) ""

When adding options with non-scalar values like add_option( 'my_array', array( false, 'str', null ) ), the returned value will be identical to the original as it is serialized before saving it in the database:

array(3) {
    [0] => bool(false)
    [1] => string(3) "str"
    [2] => NULL
}

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Parameters

$option string Required: Name of the option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
$default mixed Optional: Default value to return if the option does not exist.

Default: false

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Return

mixed Value of the option. A value of any type may be returned, including scalar (string, boolean, float, integer), null, array, object.
Scalar and null values will be returned as strings as long as they originate from a database stored option value. If there is no option in the database, boolean false is returned.

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More Information

A concise list of commonly-used options is below.

'admin_email' – E-mail address of blog administrator.
'blogname' – Weblog title; set in General Settings.
'blogdescription' – Tagline for your blog; set in General Settings.
'blog_charset' – Character encoding for your blog; set in Reading Settings.
'date_format' – Default date format; set in General Settings.
'default_category' – Default post category; set in Writing Settings.
'home' – The blog’s home web address; set in General Settings.
'posts_per_page' – Maximum number of posts to show on a page; set in Reading Settings.
'posts_per_rss' – Maximum number of most recent posts to show in the syndication feed; set in Reading Settings.
'siteurl' – WordPress web address; set in General Settings. Warning: This is not the same as get_bloginfo( 'url' ) (which will return the homepage url), but as get_bloginfo( ‘wpurl’ ).
'template' – The current theme’s name.
'start_of_week' – Day of week calendar should start on; set in General Settings.
'upload_path' – Default upload location; set in Media Settings.
'users_can_register' – Whether users can register; set in General Settings.

There are many more options available, a lot of which depend on what plugins you have installed.

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Source

File: wp-includes/option.php. View all references

function get_option( $option, $default = false ) {
	global $wpdb;

	if ( is_scalar( $option ) ) {
		$option = trim( $option );
	}

	if ( empty( $option ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	/*
	 * Until a proper _deprecated_option() function can be introduced,
	 * redirect requests to deprecated keys to the new, correct ones.
	 */
	$deprecated_keys = array(
		'blacklist_keys'    => 'disallowed_keys',
		'comment_whitelist' => 'comment_previously_approved',
	);

	if ( isset( $deprecated_keys[ $option ] ) && ! wp_installing() ) {
		_deprecated_argument(
			__FUNCTION__,
			'5.5.0',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: 1: Deprecated option key, 2: New option key. */
				__( 'The "%1$s" option key has been renamed to "%2$s".' ),
				$option,
				$deprecated_keys[ $option ]
			)
		);
		return get_option( $deprecated_keys[ $option ], $default );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the value of an existing option before it is retrieved.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$option`, refers to the option name.
	 *
	 * Returning a value other than false from the filter will short-circuit retrieval
	 * and return that value instead.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 * @since 4.4.0 The `$option` parameter was added.
	 * @since 4.9.0 The `$default` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param mixed  $pre_option The value to return instead of the option value. This differs
	 *                           from `$default`, which is used as the fallback value in the event
	 *                           the option doesn't exist elsewhere in get_option().
	 *                           Default false (to skip past the short-circuit).
	 * @param string $option     Option name.
	 * @param mixed  $default    The fallback value to return if the option does not exist.
	 *                           Default false.
	 */
	$pre = apply_filters( "pre_option_{$option}", false, $option, $default );

	/**
	 * Filters the value of all existing options before it is retrieved.
	 *
	 * Returning a truthy value from the filter will effectively short-circuit retrieval
	 * and return the passed value instead.
	 *
	 * @since 6.1.0
	 *
	 * @param mixed  $pre_option  The value to return instead of the option value. This differs
	 *                            from `$default`, which is used as the fallback value in the event
	 *                            the option doesn't exist elsewhere in get_option().
	 *                            Default false (to skip past the short-circuit).
	 * @param string $option      Name of the option.
	 * @param mixed  $default     The fallback value to return if the option does not exist.
	 *                            Default false.
	 */
	$pre = apply_filters( 'pre_option', $pre, $option, $default );

	if ( false !== $pre ) {
		return $pre;
	}

	if ( defined( 'WP_SETUP_CONFIG' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Distinguish between `false` as a default, and not passing one.
	$passed_default = func_num_args() > 1;

	if ( ! wp_installing() ) {
		// Prevent non-existent options from triggering multiple queries.
		$notoptions = wp_cache_get( 'notoptions', 'options' );

		// Prevent non-existent `notoptions` key from triggering multiple key lookups.
		if ( ! is_array( $notoptions ) ) {
			$notoptions = array();
			wp_cache_set( 'notoptions', $notoptions, 'options' );
		}

		if ( isset( $notoptions[ $option ] ) ) {
			/**
			 * Filters the default value for an option.
			 *
			 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$option`, refers to the option name.
			 *
			 * @since 3.4.0
			 * @since 4.4.0 The `$option` parameter was added.
			 * @since 4.7.0 The `$passed_default` parameter was added to distinguish between a `false` value and the default parameter value.
			 *
			 * @param mixed  $default The default value to return if the option does not exist
			 *                        in the database.
			 * @param string $option  Option name.
			 * @param bool   $passed_default Was `get_option()` passed a default value?
			 */
			return apply_filters( "default_option_{$option}", $default, $option, $passed_default );
		}

		$alloptions = wp_load_alloptions();

		if ( isset( $alloptions[ $option ] ) ) {
			$value = $alloptions[ $option ];
		} else {
			$value = wp_cache_get( $option, 'options' );

			if ( false === $value ) {
				$row = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT option_value FROM $wpdb->options WHERE option_name = %s LIMIT 1", $option ) );

				// Has to be get_row() instead of get_var() because of funkiness with 0, false, null values.
				if ( is_object( $row ) ) {
					$value = $row->option_value;
					wp_cache_add( $option, $value, 'options' );
				} else { // Option does not exist, so we must cache its non-existence.
					if ( ! is_array( $notoptions ) ) {
						$notoptions = array();
					}

					$notoptions[ $option ] = true;
					wp_cache_set( 'notoptions', $notoptions, 'options' );

					/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/option.php */
					return apply_filters( "default_option_{$option}", $default, $option, $passed_default );
				}
			}
		}
	} else {
		$suppress = $wpdb->suppress_errors();
		$row      = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT option_value FROM $wpdb->options WHERE option_name = %s LIMIT 1", $option ) );
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( $suppress );

		if ( is_object( $row ) ) {
			$value = $row->option_value;
		} else {
			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/option.php */
			return apply_filters( "default_option_{$option}", $default, $option, $passed_default );
		}
	}

	// If home is not set, use siteurl.
	if ( 'home' === $option && '' === $value ) {
		return get_option( 'siteurl' );
	}

	if ( in_array( $option, array( 'siteurl', 'home', 'category_base', 'tag_base' ), true ) ) {
		$value = untrailingslashit( $value );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the value of an existing option.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$option`, refers to the option name.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0 As 'option_' . $setting
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 * @since 4.4.0 The `$option` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param mixed  $value  Value of the option. If stored serialized, it will be
	 *                       unserialized prior to being returned.
	 * @param string $option Option name.
	 */
	return apply_filters( "option_{$option}", maybe_unserialize( $value ), $option );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( "default_option_{$option}", mixed $default, string $option, bool $passed_default )

Filters the default value for an option.

apply_filters( "option_{$option}", mixed $value, string $option )

Filters the value of an existing option.

apply_filters( 'pre_option', mixed $pre_option, string $option, mixed $default )

Filters the value of all existing options before it is retrieved.

apply_filters( "pre_option_{$option}", mixed $pre_option, string $option, mixed $default )

Filters the value of an existing option before it is retrieved.

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Uses

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Uses	Description
wp_installing() wp-includes/load.php	Check or set whether WordPress is in “installation” mode.
wp_cache_set() wp-includes/cache.php	Saves the data to the cache.
wp_cache_add() wp-includes/cache.php	Adds data to the cache, if the cache key doesn’t already exist.
untrailingslashit() wp-includes/formatting.php	Removes trailing forward slashes and backslashes if they exist.
maybe_unserialize() wp-includes/functions.php	Unserializes data only if it was serialized.
wp_load_alloptions() wp-includes/option.php	Loads and caches all autoloaded options, if available or all options.
wpdb::get_row() wp-includes/class-wpdb.php	Retrieves one row from the database.
wpdb::suppress_errors() wp-includes/class-wpdb.php	Enables or disables suppressing of database errors.
wp_cache_get() wp-includes/cache.php	Retrieves the cache contents from the cache by key and group.
__() wp-includes/l10n.php	Retrieves the translation of $text.
_deprecated_argument() wp-includes/functions.php	Marks a function argument as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
apply_filters() wp-includes/plugin.php	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
get_option() wp-includes/option.php	Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
wpdb::prepare() wp-includes/class-wpdb.php	Prepares a SQL query for safe execution.

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WP_Site_Icon::delete_attachment_data() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-icon.php	Deletes the Site Icon when the image file is deleted.
WP_Site_Icon::get_post_metadata() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-icon.php	Adds custom image sizes when meta data for an image is requested, that happens to be used as Site Icon.
WP_MS_Sites_List_Table::column_blogname() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php	Handles the site name column output.
WP_Customize_Manager::unsanitized_post_values() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php	Gets dirty pre-sanitized setting values in the current customized state.
wp_get_split_terms() wp-includes/taxonomy.php	Gets data about terms that previously shared a single term_id, but have since been split.
get_avatar_data() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves default data about the avatar.
wp_install_maybe_enable_pretty_permalinks() wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php	Maybe enable pretty permalinks on installation.
retrieve_password() wp-includes/user.php	Handles sending a password retrieval email to a user.
trackback_response() wp-trackback.php	Response to a trackback.
allow_subdomain_install() wp-admin/includes/network.php	Allow subdomain installation
get_clean_basedomain() wp-admin/includes/network.php	Get base domain of network.
network_step1() wp-admin/includes/network.php	Prints step 1 for Network installation process.
network_step2() wp-admin/includes/network.php	Prints step 2 for Network installation process.
WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php	Sends an email upon the completion or failure of a background core update.
Plugin_Upgrader::bulk_upgrade() wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-upgrader.php	Bulk upgrade several plugins at once.
Theme_Upgrader::upgrade() wp-admin/includes/class-theme-upgrader.php	Upgrade a theme.
Theme_Upgrader::bulk_upgrade() wp-admin/includes/class-theme-upgrader.php	Upgrade several themes at once.
Plugin_Upgrader::upgrade() wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-upgrader.php	Upgrade a plugin.
WP_Plugins_List_Table::prepare_items() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
export_wp() wp-admin/includes/export.php	Generates the WXR export file for download.
Theme_Installer_Skin::after() wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php	Action to perform following a single theme install.
upload_space_setting() wp-admin/includes/ms.php	Displays the site upload space quota setting form on the Edit Site Settings screen.
update_option_new_admin_email() wp-admin/includes/misc.php	Sends a confirmation request email when a change of site admin email address is attempted.
send_confirmation_on_profile_email() wp-includes/user.php	Sends a confirmation request email when a change of user email address is attempted.
wp_save_image() wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php	Saves image to post, along with enqueued changes in `$_REQUEST['history']`.
wpmu_delete_blog() wp-admin/includes/ms.php	Delete a site.
wp_check_locked_posts() wp-admin/includes/misc.php	Checks lock status for posts displayed on the Posts screen.
wp_refresh_post_lock() wp-admin/includes/misc.php	Checks lock status on the New/Edit Post screen and refresh the lock.
update_recently_edited() wp-admin/includes/misc.php	Updates the “recently-edited” file for the plugin or theme file editor.
wp_dashboard_rss_output() wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	Display generic dashboard RSS widget feed.
wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget() wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	Checks to see if all of the feed url in $check_urls are cached.
wp_dashboard_rss_control() wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	The RSS dashboard widget control.
wp_dashboard_right_now() wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	Dashboard widget that displays some basic stats about the site.
_wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row() wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	Outputs a row for the Recent Comments widget.
maybe_disable_link_manager() wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php	Disables the Link Manager on upgrade if, at the time of upgrade, no links exist in the DB.
wp_install_defaults() wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php	Creates the initial content for a newly-installed site.
is_uninstallable_plugin() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Determines whether the plugin can be uninstalled.
uninstall_plugin() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Uninstalls a single plugin.
is_plugin_active() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Determines whether a plugin is active.
activate_plugin() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Attempts activation of plugin in a “sandbox” and redirects on success.
deactivate_plugins() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Deactivates a single plugin or multiple plugins.
validate_active_plugins() wp-admin/includes/plugin.php	Validates active plugins.
_wp_admin_html_begin() wp-admin/includes/template.php	Prints out the beginning of the admin HTML header.
get_settings_errors() wp-admin/includes/template.php	Fetches settings errors registered by add_settings_error() .
iframe_header() wp-admin/includes/template.php	Generic Iframe header for use with Thickbox.
WP_Themes_List_Table::prepare_items() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-themes-list-table.php
wp_media_insert_url_form() wp-admin/includes/media.php	Creates the form for external url.
media_upload_max_image_resize() wp-admin/includes/media.php	Displays the checkbox to scale images.
get_attachment_fields_to_edit() wp-admin/includes/media.php	Retrieves the attachment fields to edit form fields.
media_upload_form() wp-admin/includes/media.php	Outputs the legacy media upload form.
get_sample_permalink_html() wp-admin/includes/post.php	Returns the HTML of the sample permalink slug editor.
_fix_attachment_links() wp-admin/includes/post.php	Replaces hrefs of attachment anchors with up-to-date permalinks.
wp_edit_posts_query() wp-admin/includes/post.php	Runs the query to fetch the posts for listing on the edit posts page.
get_default_post_to_edit() wp-admin/includes/post.php	Returns default post information to use when populating the “Write Post” form.
wp_prepare_revisions_for_js() wp-admin/includes/revision.php	Prepare revisions for JavaScript.
page_attributes_meta_box() wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php	Displays page attributes form fields.
wp_insert_link() wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php	Inserts a link into the database, or updates an existing link.
wp_set_link_cats() wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php	Update link with the specified link categories.
WP_Comments_List_Table::__construct() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php	Constructor.
wp_nav_menu_update_menu_items() wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php	Saves nav menu items
wp_nav_menu_item_post_type_meta_box() wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php	Displays a meta box for a post type menu item.
request_filesystem_credentials() wp-admin/includes/file.php	Displays a form to the user to request for their FTP/SSH details in order to connect to the filesystem.
get_home_path() wp-admin/includes/file.php	Gets the absolute filesystem path to the root of the WordPress installation.
WP_Posts_List_Table::__construct() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php	Constructor.
options_reading_blog_charset() wp-admin/includes/options.php	Render the site charset setting.
Custom_Background::wp_set_background_image() wp-admin/includes/class-custom-background.php
Custom_Background::handle_upload() wp-admin/includes/class-custom-background.php	Handles an Image upload for the background image.
WP_Roles::remove_role() wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php	Removes a role by name.
WP_Customize_Manager::register_controls() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php	Registers some default controls.
map_meta_cap() wp-includes/capabilities.php	Maps a capability to the primitive capabilities required of the given user to satisfy the capability being checked.
WP_Customize_Manager::setup_theme() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php	Starts preview and customize theme.
_get_cron_array() wp-includes/cron.php	Retrieve cron info array option.
wp_list_categories() wp-includes/category-template.php	Displays or retrieves the HTML list of categories.
check_theme_switched() wp-includes/theme.php	Checks if a theme has been changed and runs ‘after_switch_theme’ hook on the next WP load.
set_theme_mod() wp-includes/theme.php	Updates theme modification value for the active theme.
remove_theme_mod() wp-includes/theme.php	Removes theme modification name from active theme list.
remove_theme_mods() wp-includes/theme.php	Removes theme modifications option for the active theme.
get_uploaded_header_images() wp-includes/theme.php	Gets the header images uploaded for the active theme.
get_theme_root_uri() wp-includes/theme.php	Retrieves URI for themes directory.
get_raw_theme_root() wp-includes/theme.php	Gets the raw theme root relative to the content directory with no filters applied.
switch_theme() wp-includes/theme.php	Switches the theme.
get_theme_mods() wp-includes/theme.php	Retrieves all theme modifications.
get_template() wp-includes/theme.php	Retrieves name of the active theme.
get_stylesheet() wp-includes/theme.php	Retrieves name of the current stylesheet.
get_locale() wp-includes/l10n.php	Retrieves the current locale.
esc_textarea() wp-includes/formatting.php	Escaping for textarea values.
sanitize_option() wp-includes/formatting.php	Sanitizes various option values based on the nature of the option.
wp_htmledit_pre() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Formats text for the HTML editor.
wp_richedit_pre() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Formats text for the rich text editor.
wp_trim_words() wp-includes/formatting.php	Trims text to a certain number of words.
convert_smilies() wp-includes/formatting.php	Converts text equivalent of smilies to images.
balanceTags() wp-includes/formatting.php	Balances tags if forced to, or if the ‘use_balanceTags’ option is set to true.
get_avatar() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Retrieves the avatar `<img>` tag for a user, email address, MD5 hash, comment, or post.
wp_check_invalid_utf8() wp-includes/formatting.php	Checks for invalid UTF8 in a string.
wp_password_change_notification() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Notifies the blog admin of a user changing password, normally via email.
wp_new_user_notification() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Emails login credentials to a newly-registered user.
wp_notify_postauthor() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Notifies an author (and/or others) of a comment/trackback/pingback on a post.
wp_notify_moderator() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Notifies the moderator of the site about a new comment that is awaiting approval.
wp_set_auth_cookie() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Sets the authentication cookies based on user ID.
noindex() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Displays a `noindex` meta tag if required by the blog configuration.
wp_no_robots() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Display a `noindex` meta tag.
get_the_modified_date() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves the date on which the post was last modified.
get_the_time() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves the time at which the post was written.
get_the_modified_time() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves the time at which the post was last modified.
wp_get_archives() wp-includes/general-template.php	Displays archive links based on type and format.
get_calendar() wp-includes/general-template.php	Displays calendar with days that have posts as links.
get_the_date() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves the date on which the post was written.
get_bloginfo() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves information about the current site.
wp_register() wp-includes/general-template.php	Displays the Registration or Admin link.
get_boundary_post_rel_link() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Get boundary post relational link.
get_parent_post_rel_link() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Get parent post relational link.
get_current_theme() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Retrieve current theme name.
make_url_footnote() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Strip HTML and put links at the bottom of stripped content.
get_settings() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Get value based on option.
get_links() wp-includes/deprecated.php	Gets the links associated with category by ID.
WP_Theme::get_allowed_on_site() wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php	Returns array of stylesheet names of themes allowed on the site.
WP::send_headers() wp-includes/class-wp.php	Sends additional HTTP headers for caching, content type, etc.
WP_Query::is_front_page() wp-includes/class-wp-query.php	Is the query for the front page of the site?
WP_Query::get_queried_object() wp-includes/class-wp-query.php	Retrieves the currently queried object.
WP_Query::get_posts() wp-includes/class-wp-query.php	Retrieves an array of posts based on query variables.
WP_Query::parse_query() wp-includes/class-wp-query.php	Parse a query string and set query type booleans.
wp_set_internal_encoding() wp-includes/load.php	Set internal encoding.
wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() wp-includes/load.php	Retrieve an array of active and valid plugin files.
WP_HTTP_Proxy::send_through_proxy() wp-includes/class-wp-http-proxy.php	Determines whether the request should be sent through a proxy.
WP_Http::block_request() wp-includes/class-wp-http.php	Determines whether an HTTP API request to the given URL should be blocked.
wp_timezone_override_offset() wp-includes/functions.php	Modifies gmt_offset for smart timezone handling.
wp_send_json() wp-includes/functions.php	Sends a JSON response back to an Ajax request.
smilies_init() wp-includes/functions.php	Converts smiley code to the icon graphic file equivalent.
do_robots() wp-includes/functions.php	Displays the default robots.txt file content.
get_weekstartend() wp-includes/functions.php	Gets the week start and end from the datetime or date string from MySQL.
current_time() wp-includes/functions.php	Retrieves the current time based on specified type.
WP_Widget_RSS::widget() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-rss.php	Outputs the content for the current RSS widget instance.
WP_Widget_Recent_Comments::widget() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-comments.php	Outputs the content for the current Recent Comments widget instance.
wp_widget_rss_output() wp-includes/widgets.php	Display the RSS entries in a list.
wp_widgets_init() wp-includes/widgets.php	Registers all of the default WordPress widgets on startup.
_get_term_hierarchy() wp-includes/taxonomy.php	Retrieves children of taxonomy as term IDs.
wp_unique_term_slug() wp-includes/taxonomy.php	Makes term slug unique, if it isn’t already.
wp_delete_term() wp-includes/taxonomy.php	Removes a term from the database.
wp_cookie_constants() wp-includes/default-constants.php	Defines cookie-related WordPress constants.
wp_ssl_constants() wp-includes/default-constants.php	Defines SSL-related WordPress constants.
create_initial_taxonomies() wp-includes/taxonomy.php	Creates the initial taxonomies.
wp_plugin_directory_constants() wp-includes/default-constants.php	Defines plugin directory WordPress constants.
wp_get_shortlink() wp-includes/link-template.php	Returns a shortlink for a post, page, attachment, or site.
get_comments_pagenum_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the comments page number link.
get_home_url() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the URL for a given site where the front end is accessible.
get_site_url() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the URL for a given site where WordPress application files (e.g. wp-blog-header.php or the wp-admin/ folder) are accessible.
get_adjacent_post_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the adjacent post link.
get_adjacent_post_rel_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the adjacent post relational link.
get_post_type_archive_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive.
get_post_type_archive_feed_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive feed.
get_term_feed_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the feed link for a term.
get_post_comments_feed_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the permalink for the post comments feed.
get_author_feed_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the feed link for a given author.
get_permalink() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.
get_page_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the permalink for the current page or page ID.
get_attachment_link() wp-includes/link-template.php	Retrieves the permalink for an attachment.
WP_Ajax_Response::send() wp-includes/class-wp-ajax-response.php	Display XML formatted responses.
wp_http_validate_url() wp-includes/http.php	Validate a URL for safe use in the HTTP API.
wp_update_plugins() wp-includes/update.php	Checks for available updates to plugins based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp_update_themes() wp-includes/update.php	Checks for available updates to themes based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp_admin_bar_edit_menu() wp-includes/admin-bar.php	Provides an edit link for posts and terms.
register_uninstall_hook() wp-includes/plugin.php	Sets the uninstallation hook for a plugin.
get_the_category_rss() wp-includes/feed.php	Retrieves all of the post categories, formatted for use in feeds.
fetch_feed() wp-includes/feed.php	Builds SimplePie object based on RSS or Atom feed from URL.
get_transient() wp-includes/option.php	Retrieves the value of a transient.
set_transient() wp-includes/option.php	Sets/updates the value of a transient.
update_option() wp-includes/option.php	Updates the value of an option that was already added.
add_option() wp-includes/option.php	Adds a new option.
get_option() wp-includes/option.php	Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
form_option() wp-includes/option.php	Prints option value after sanitizing for forms.
wp_update_user() wp-includes/user.php	Updates a user in the database.
register_new_user() wp-includes/user.php	Handles registering a new user.
wp_insert_user() wp-includes/user.php	Inserts a user into the database.
get_blogs_of_user() wp-includes/user.php	Gets the sites a user belongs to.
_walk_bookmarks() wp-includes/bookmark-template.php	The formatted output of a list of bookmarks.
_wp_menu_item_classes_by_context() wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php	Adds the class property classes for the current context, if applicable.
Walker_Page::start_el() wp-includes/class-walker-page.php	Outputs the beginning of the current element in the tree.
_wp_link_page() wp-includes/post-template.php	Helper function for wp_link_pages() .
wp_list_pages() wp-includes/post-template.php	Retrieves or displays a list of pages (or hierarchical post type items) in list (li) format.
wp_page_menu() wp-includes/post-template.php	Displays or retrieves a list of pages with an optional home link.
wp_enqueue_media() wp-includes/media.php	Enqueues all scripts, styles, settings, and templates necessary to use all media JS APIs.
image_constrain_size_for_editor() wp-includes/media.php	Scales down the default size of an image.
_publish_post_hook() wp-includes/post.php	Hook to schedule pings and enclosures when a post is published.
wp_publish_post() wp-includes/post.php	Publishes a post by transitioning the post status.
wp_unique_post_slug() wp-includes/post.php	Computes a unique slug for the post, when given the desired slug and some post details.
wp_set_post_categories() wp-includes/post.php	Sets categories for a post.
wp_insert_post() wp-includes/post.php	Inserts or update a post.
_reset_front_page_settings_for_post() wp-includes/post.php	Resets the page_on_front, show_on_front, and page_for_post settings when a linked page is deleted or trashed.
is_sticky() wp-includes/post.php	Determines whether a post is sticky.
stick_post() wp-includes/post.php	Makes a post sticky.
unstick_post() wp-includes/post.php	Un-sticks a post.
WP_Rewrite::init() wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	Sets up the object’s properties.
WP_Rewrite::set_category_base() wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	Sets the category base for the category permalink.
WP_Rewrite::set_tag_base() wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	Sets the tag base for the tag permalink.
WP_Rewrite::wp_rewrite_rules() wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	Retrieves the rewrite rules.
WP_Rewrite::generate_rewrite_rules() wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	Generates rewrite rules from a permalink structure.
url_to_postid() wp-includes/rewrite.php	Examines a URL and try to determine the post ID it represents.
redirect_canonical() wp-includes/canonical.php	Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.
_wp_upgrade_revisions_of_post() wp-includes/revision.php	Upgrades the revisions author, adds the current post as a revision and sets the revisions version to 1.
get_space_allowed() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Returns the upload quota for the current blog.
maybe_add_existing_user_to_blog() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Adds a new user to a blog by visiting /newbloguser/{key}/.
wpmu_welcome_user_notification() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Notifies a user that their account activation has been successful.
newblog_notify_siteadmin() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Notifies the network admin that a new site has been activated.
wpmu_welcome_notification() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Notifies the site administrator that their site activation was successful.
wpmu_signup_blog_notification() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Sends a confirmation request email to a user when they sign up for a new site. The new site will not become active until the confirmation link is clicked.
wpmu_signup_user_notification() wp-includes/ms-functions.php	Sends a confirmation request email to a user when they sign up for a new user account (without signing up for a site at the same time). The user account will not become active until the confirmation link is clicked.
get_blog_option() wp-includes/ms-blogs.php	Retrieve option value for a given blog id based on name of option.
get_blog_details() wp-includes/ms-blogs.php	Retrieve the details for a blog from the blogs table and blog options.
_wp_auto_add_pages_to_menu() wp-includes/nav-menu.php	Automatically add newly published page objects to menus with that as an option.
wp_xmlrpc_server::pingback_ping() wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	Retrieves a pingback and registers it.
wp_xmlrpc_server::_getOptions() wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	Retrieve blog options value from list.
wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_getUsersBlogs() wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	Retrieve blogs that user owns.
wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_newComment() wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	Create new comment.
wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getUsersBlogs() wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	Retrieve the blogs of the user.
ms_cookie_constants() wp-includes/ms-default-constants.php	Defines Multisite cookie constants.
WP_Widget::get_settings() wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php	Retrieves the settings for all instances of the widget class.
is_dynamic_sidebar() wp-includes/widgets.php	Determines whether the dynamic sidebar is enabled and used by the theme.
wp_get_sidebars_widgets() wp-includes/widgets.php	Retrieve full list of sidebars and their widget instance IDs.
wp_convert_widget_settings() wp-includes/widgets.php	Converts the widget settings from single to multi-widget format.
get_post_reply_link() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves HTML content for reply to post link.
wp_list_comments() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Displays a list of comments.
comment_form() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Outputs a complete commenting form for use within a template.
get_trackback_url() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves the current post’s trackback URL.
comments_template() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Loads the comment template specified in $file.
get_comment_reply_link() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves HTML content for reply to comment link.
get_comment_link() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves the link to a given comment.
get_comment_time() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves the comment time of the current comment.
get_comment_date() wp-includes/comment-template.php	Retrieves the comment date of the current comment.
WP_Customize_Widgets::preview_sidebars_widgets() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php	When previewing, ensures the proper previewing widgets are used.
privacy_ping_filter() wp-includes/comment.php	Checks whether blog is public before returning sites.
trackback() wp-includes/comment.php	Sends a Trackback.
weblog_ping() wp-includes/comment.php	Sends a pingback.
_close_comments_for_old_posts() wp-includes/comment.php	Closes comments on old posts on the fly, without any extra DB queries. Hooked to the_posts.
_close_comments_for_old_post() wp-includes/comment.php	Closes comments on an old post. Hooked to comments_open and pings_open.
generic_ping() wp-includes/comment.php	Sends pings to all of the ping site services.
get_comment_pages_count() wp-includes/comment.php	Calculates the total number of comment pages.
get_page_of_comment() wp-includes/comment.php	Calculates what page number a comment will appear on for comment paging.
check_comment() wp-includes/comment.php	Checks whether a comment passes internal checks to be allowed to add.

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Contributed by Codex — 8 years ago
Handling of non-existing options
```
$no_exists_value = get_option( 'no_exists_value' );
var_dump( $no_exists_value ); /* outputs false */

$no_exists_value = get_option( 'no_exists_value', 'default_value' );
var_dump( $no_exists_value ); /* outputs 'default_value' */
```
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Contributed by Codex — 8 years ago
Show Blog Title
Displays your blog’s title in a <h1> tag.
```
<h1><?php echo get_option( 'blogname' ); ?></h1>
```
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Contributed by Codex — 8 years ago
Show Character Set
Displays the character set your blog is using (ex: UTF-8)
```
<p><?php echo esc_html( sprintf( __( 'Character set: %s', 'textdomain' ), get_option( 'blog_charset' ) ) ); ?></p>
```
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Contributed by Codex — 8 years ago
Retrieve Administrator E-mail
Retrieve the e-mail of the blog administrator, storing it in a variable.
```
<?php $admin_email = get_option( 'admin_email' ); ?>
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Contributed by ptasker — 6 years ago
A quick tip that the output of get_option() is filterable:
```
return apply_filters( "option_{$option}", maybe_unserialize( $value ), $option );
```
So you can change the output of get_option() at run time.
```
 //Outputs an array of all plugins
 var_dump( get_option('active_plugins') );

 add_filter( 'option_active_plugins', function( $plugins ){
	return [];
});

//Outputs an empty array
var_dump( get_option('active_plugins') );
```
Helpful for disabling specific plugins when required.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/option_option/
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Contributed by Sergio Scabuzzo — 4 years ago
Check if option is set to avoid warnings.
Was getting Illegal Offset warnings when the checkbox was not selected on a plugin’s option page.
Adding isset() inside checked() sorted it all out.
```
function comment_author_url_render() {

	$options = get_option( 'plugin_settings' );
	?>
	<input type='checkbox' name='plugin_settings[setting]' <?php checked( isset( $options['setting'] ) ); ?> value='1'>
	
	<?php

}
```
Hope this helps somebody else out.
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Contributed by Anurag soni — 5 years ago
Just like we use
```
get_option('date_format')
```
to incorporate the date format defined in Settings -> General,

We can also use
```
get_option('time_format')
```
to incorporate the time format defined in Settings -> General.

for example
```
<?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?>
```
```
<?php the_time(get_option('time_format')); ?>
```
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Contributed by ancawonka — 6 years ago

If you want to get a network-wide option, use the get_site_option function instead. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_site_option

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Contributed by tradesouthwest — 5 years ago
There is a “long-hand” format for creating option settings-field parameter in one line that is harder to read/follow semantically, but provides a single string to a options setting instead of two strings for every option.
```
$wpdevref_text_2 = esc_attr( get_option( 'wpdevref_options' )['wpdevref_text_field_2'] );
```
The above returns false, so technically there is no default to setup unless you require a value.
And there are just a bit less parameter parsing than
```
$options = get_option('wpdevref_options'); 
$wpdevref_text_2 = (empty($options['wpdevref_text_2'] )) 
                 ? 'Default Text' : $options['wpdevref_text_2']; 
```
Alternatively (if default required):
```
$wpdevref_text_2 = (empty( get_option( 'wpdevref_options' )['wpdevref_text_field_2']) )
                 ? 'Default Text' : get_option( 'wpdevref_options' )['wpdevref_text_field_2'];
```
And for a checkbox in a settings array, try:
```
'value'   => get_option('wpdevref_fields')['wpdevref_dashnews_widgetcheck'],
'checked' => esc_attr( checked( 1, 
             get_option('wpdevref_fields')['wpdevref_dashnews_widgetcheck'], false ) );
```
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Contributed by Shadi G شادي جـ — 4 years ago

This is helpful for assigning defaults values to multiple options:

/**
 * Retrieves multiple options values as an associative array based on an option name.
 * @param string $option_name (Required) Name of option to retrieve.
 * @param array $defaults (Optional) Default values to return if the option does not exist.
 */
function wporg_prfex_get_theme_option( $option_name, $defaults = array() ) {
  $options = get_option( $option_name );
  //checking if options exists
  if ( ! empty( $options ) ) {
    $it = new MultipleIterator();
    $it->attachIterator( new ArrayIterator( $options ) );
    $it->attachIterator( new ArrayIterator( $defaults ) );

    foreach ( $it as $setting_name => $value ) {
      if ( empty( $value[0] ) ) {
        $optionsArray[ $setting_name[1] ] = $value[1];
      } else {
        $optionsArray[ $setting_name[0] ] = $value[0];
      }
    }// end loop
    return $optionsArray;
  } else {
    // if no options then set the defaults
    $optionsArray = $defaults;
    return $optionsArray;
  }
}

Usage as the following:

$defaults = array(
      'settings_name1' => 'rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.7)',
      'settings_name1' => 'rgba(31, 200, 219, 0.7)',
      'settings_name1' => 'rgba(44, 181, 232, 0.7)'
    );
$colors = wporg_prfex_get_theme_option( 'option_name', $defaults );

Displaying the option:

echo $colors['settings_name1'];

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Contributed by A WP Life — 3 years ago
Simply way to check the option value set or not.

For Example, I have a plugin version 1.0 that is installed on the user site. The plugin version is set on the plugin activation. If I released a new plugin version 2.0 and need to check the installed plugin version and new apply changes on the new version update.

For it, you need to set default value in function:
```
get_option( 'key_name', 'default_value' )
```
So, if option value not set or avaiable than default value assigned to variable.

Sample code:
```
$my_plugin_version = get_option('plugin_name_version', '2.0');
if($my_plugin_version == '1.0') {
	// do something or apply changes and update the plugin version into option value
} else {
	// do nothing
}
```
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Contributed by WP Sites - Brad Dalton — 3 years ago

For use with images includes a default image in child theme folder named default.png and option when adding image using the customizer.
$image = get_option( 'genesis-customizer-image', sprintf( '%s/default.png', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ) );

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Contributed by Nick Elpedes — 4 months ago

Keep in mind that if you use Settings API along with Options API, the database row for the option will NOT be created until the setting page form is submitted with an updated value for that setting.
If a default value is set when registering your settings, and you try to test if the option exists, if there is no database entry for the option, the default value set with Settings API will be returned instead of false. Keep this in mind when writing your code.

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Contributed by bhvreddy88 — 6 years ago
check options exists or not, use isset to check
if value exists then checked box appear, if there is no option then unchecked box appears
```
$checkbox = get_option('options');

    if ( isset( $checkbox['check_box'] ) ) {
        echo 'value exists- so return checked box ';
    } else {
        echo ' no value  - so return unchecked box ';
    }
```
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