Title: get_status_header_desc Published: April 25, 2014 Last modified: May 20, 2026 --- # get_status_header_desc( int $code ): string ## In this article * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#parameters) * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#return) * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#source) * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#related) * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#changelog) [ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) Retrieves the description for the HTTP status. ## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿 `$code`intrequired HTTP status code. ## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#return)󠁿 string Status description if found, an empty string otherwise. ## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#source)󠁿 ```php function get_status_header_desc( $code ) { global $wp_header_to_desc; $code = absint( $code ); if ( ! isset( $wp_header_to_desc ) ) { $wp_header_to_desc = array( 100 => 'Continue', 101 => 'Switching Protocols', 102 => 'Processing', 103 => 'Early Hints', 200 => 'OK', 201 => 'Created', 202 => 'Accepted', 203 => 'Non-Authoritative Information', 204 => 'No Content', 205 => 'Reset Content', 206 => 'Partial Content', 207 => 'Multi-Status', 226 => 'IM Used', 300 => 'Multiple Choices', 301 => 'Moved Permanently', 302 => 'Found', 303 => 'See Other', 304 => 'Not Modified', 305 => 'Use Proxy', 306 => 'Reserved', 307 => 'Temporary Redirect', 308 => 'Permanent Redirect', 400 => 'Bad Request', 401 => 'Unauthorized', 402 => 'Payment Required', 403 => 'Forbidden', 404 => 'Not Found', 405 => 'Method Not Allowed', 406 => 'Not Acceptable', 407 => 'Proxy Authentication Required', 408 => 'Request Timeout', 409 => 'Conflict', 410 => 'Gone', 411 => 'Length Required', 412 => 'Precondition Failed', 413 => 'Request Entity Too Large', 414 => 'Request-URI Too Long', 415 => 'Unsupported Media Type', 416 => 'Requested Range Not Satisfiable', 417 => 'Expectation Failed', 418 => 'I\'m a teapot', 421 => 'Misdirected Request', 422 => 'Unprocessable Entity', 423 => 'Locked', 424 => 'Failed Dependency', 425 => 'Too Early', 426 => 'Upgrade Required', 428 => 'Precondition Required', 429 => 'Too Many Requests', 431 => 'Request Header Fields Too Large', 451 => 'Unavailable For Legal Reasons', 500 => 'Internal Server Error', 501 => 'Not Implemented', 502 => 'Bad Gateway', 503 => 'Service Unavailable', 504 => 'Gateway Timeout', 505 => 'HTTP Version Not Supported', 506 => 'Variant Also Negotiates', 507 => 'Insufficient Storage', 510 => 'Not Extended', 511 => 'Network Authentication Required', ); } if ( isset( $wp_header_to_desc[ $code ] ) ) { return $wp_header_to_desc[ $code ]; } else { return ''; } } ``` [View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/functions.php/) [View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/functions.php#L1364) [View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/functions.php#L1364-L1444) ## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#related)󠁿 | Uses | Description | | [absint()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/absint/)`wp-includes/load.php` | Converts a value to non-negative integer. | | Used by | Description | | [WP_oEmbed_Controller::get_proxy_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/get_proxy_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-oembed-controller.php` | Callback for the proxy API endpoint. | | [WP_HTTP_Requests_Response::to_array()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http_requests_response/to_array/)`wp-includes/class-wp-http-requests-response.php` | Converts the object to a [WP_Http](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/) response array. | | [_oembed_rest_pre_serve_request()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_oembed_rest_pre_serve_request/)`wp-includes/embed.php` | Hooks into the REST API output to print XML instead of JSON. | | [WP_oEmbed_Controller::get_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/get_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-oembed-controller.php` | Callback for the embed API endpoint. | | [status_header()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/status_header/)`wp-includes/functions.php` | Sets HTTP status header. | ## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_status_header_desc/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿 | Version | Description | | [6.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.6.0/) | Added status code 425. | | [5.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.1.0/) | Added status code 103. | | [4.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.5.0/) | Added status codes 308, 421, and 451. | | [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Added status codes 418, 428, 429, 431, and 511. | | [2.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.3.0/) | Introduced. | ## User Contributed Notes You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Ffunctions%2Fget_status_header_desc%2F) before being able to contribute a note or feedback.