Title: wp_get_http_headers
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wp_get_http_headers( string $url, bool $deprecated = false ): WpOrgRequestsUtilityCaseInsensitiveDictionary|false

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Retrieves HTTP Headers from URL.

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

 `$url`stringrequired

URL to retrieve HTTP headers from.

`$deprecated`booloptional

Not Used.

Default:`false`

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

 WpOrgRequestsUtilityCaseInsensitiveDictionary|false Headers on success, false on
failure.

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

    ```php
    function wp_get_http_headers( $url, $deprecated = false ) {
    	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
    		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.7.0' );
    	}

    	$response = wp_safe_remote_head( $url );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	return wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/functions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/functions.php#L989)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/functions.php#L989-L1001)

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

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

Retrieves the raw response from a safe HTTP request using the HEAD method.

  | 
| [wp_remote_retrieve_headers()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_remote_retrieve_headers/)`wp-includes/http.php` |

Retrieves only the headers from the raw response.

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

Marks a function argument as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  | 
| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

  |

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

Checks content for video and audio links to add as enclosures.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.1](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.1/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.   [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/?output_format=md#comment-content-6665)
 2.    [Sergio Scabuzzo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seedsca/)  [  3 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_http_headers/#comment-6665)
 3.  [You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note](https://login.wordpress.org?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Ffunctions%2Fwp_get_http_headers%2F%23comment-6665)
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 4.  Use the returned class’ ([WpOrgRequestsUtilityCaseInsensitiveDictionary](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_utility_caseinsensitivedictionary/))
     methods to get usable data:
 5.      ```php
         $response = wp_get_http_headers( 'https://wordpress.org' );
         print_r( $response->getAll() );
         ```
     
 6.  Array
      ( [server] => nginx [date] => Sat, 09 Sep 2023 04:27:52 GMT [content-type]
     => text/html; charset=UTF-8 [vary] => Accept-Encoding [strict-transport-security]
     => max-age=3600 [x-olaf] => ⛄[link] => Array ( [0] => ; rel=”https://api.w.org/”[
     1] => ; rel=”alternate”; type=”application/json” [2] => ; rel=shortlink )
 7.  [x-frame-options] => SAMEORIGIN
      [content-encoding] => gzip [x-nc] => EXPIRED 
     ord 1 )
 8.      ```php
         print_r($response->offsetGet('server'));
         ```
     
 9.  nginx
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