Title: sanitize_text_field
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘sanitize_text_field’, string $filtered, string $str )

## In this article

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

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Filters a sanitized text field string.

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

 `$filtered`string

The sanitized string.

`$str`string

The string prior to being sanitized.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'sanitize_text_field', $filtered, $str );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/formatting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L5592)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L5592-L5592)

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

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

Sanitizes a string from user input or from the database.

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

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

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