Title: editable_extensions
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘editable_extensions’, string[] $default_types, string $plugin )

## In this article

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

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Filters the list of file types allowed for editing in the plugin file editor.

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

 `$default_types`string[]

An array of editable plugin file extensions.

`$plugin`string

Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.

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

    ```php
    $file_types = (array) apply_filters( 'editable_extensions', $default_types, $plugin );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/file.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php#L238)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php#L238-L238)

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

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

Gets the list of file extensions that are editable in plugins.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Added the `$plugin` parameter. | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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

 1.  [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/editable_extensions/?output_format=md#comment-content-7358)
 2.   [Martijn van der Klis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mhkuu/)  [  10 months ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/editable_extensions/#comment-7358)
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 4. On the theme file editor, use the [wp_theme_editor_filetypes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_theme_editor_filetypes/)
    hook to filter the file extensions.
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