Title: default_{$meta_type}_metadata
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( “default_{$meta_type}_metadata”, mixed $value, int $object_id, string $meta_key, bool $single, string $meta_type )

## In this article

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

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Filters the default metadata value for a specified meta key and object.

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

The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$meta_type`, refers to the meta object type(
blog, post, comment, term, user, or any other type with an associated meta table).

Possible filter names include:

 * `default_blog_metadata`
 * `default_post_metadata`
 * `default_comment_metadata`
 * `default_term_metadata`
 * `default_user_metadata`

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

 `$value`mixed

The value to return, either a single metadata value or an array of values depending
on the value of `$single`.

`$object_id`int

ID of the object metadata is for.

`$meta_key`string

Metadata key.

`$single`bool

Whether to return only the first value of the specified `$meta_key`.

`$meta_type`string

Type of object metadata is for. Accepts `'blog'`, `'post'`, `'comment'`, `'term'`,`'
user'`, or any other object type with an associated meta table.

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

    ```php
    $value = apply_filters( "default_{$meta_type}_metadata", $value, $object_id, $meta_key, $single, $meta_type );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/meta.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/meta.php#L747)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/meta.php#L747-L747)

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

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

Retrieves default metadata value for the specified meta key and object.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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