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

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# apply_filters( ‘load_default_embeds’, bool $maybe_load_embeds )

## In this article

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

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Filters whether to load the default embed handlers.

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

Returning a falsey value will prevent loading the default embed handlers.

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

 `$maybe_load_embeds`bool

Whether to load the embeds library. Default true.

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

    ```php
    if ( ! apply_filters( 'load_default_embeds', true ) ) {
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/embed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/embed.php#L201)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/embed.php#L201-L201)

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

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

Determines if default embed handlers should be loaded.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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