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

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# wp_get_network( object|int $network ): 󠀁[WP_Network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/)󠁿|false

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 4.7.0. Use [get_network()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network/)
instead.

Retrieves an object containing information about the requested network.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

{@internal In 4.6.0, converted to use [get_network()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network/)}

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_network/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [get_network()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network/)

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

 `$network`object|intrequired

The network’s database row or ID.

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

 [WP_Network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/)|false
Object containing network information if found, false if not.

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

    ```php
    function wp_get_network( $network ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.7.0', 'get_network()' );

    	$network = get_network( $network );
    	if ( null === $network ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	return $network;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ms-load.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/ms-load.php#L564)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/ms-load.php#L564-L573)

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

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

Retrieves network data given a network ID or network object.

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

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

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Deprecated. Use [get_network()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network/)  | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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