Title: customize_sanitize_{$this->id}
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( “customize_sanitize_{$this->id}”, mixed $value, WP_Customize_Setting $setting )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Filters a Customize setting value in un-slashed form.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`mixed

Value of the setting.

`$setting`[WP_Customize_Setting](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/)

[WP_Customize_Setting](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/)
instance.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    return apply_filters( "customize_sanitize_{$this->id}", $value, $this );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php#L581)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php#L581-L581)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Setting::sanitize()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_setting/sanitize/)`wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-setting.php` |

Sanitize an input.

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| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::sanitize()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_item_setting/sanitize/)`wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php` |

Sanitize an input.

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| [WP_Customize_Setting::sanitize()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/sanitize/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php` |

Sanitize an input.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/customize_sanitize_this-id/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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