Title: register_setting_args
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘register_setting_args’, array $args, array $defaults, string $option_group, string $option_name )

## In this article

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

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Filters the registration arguments when registering a setting.

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

 `$args`array

Array of setting registration arguments.

`$defaults`array

Array of default arguments.

`$option_group`string

Setting group.

`$option_name`string

Setting name.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters( 'register_setting_args', $args, $defaults, $option_group, $option_name );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/option.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/option.php#L3031)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/option.php#L3031-L3031)

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

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

Registers a setting and its data.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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