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

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# apply_filters( ‘use_curl_transport’, bool $use_class, array $args )

## In this article

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

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Filters whether cURL can be used as a transport for retrieving a URL.

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

 `$use_class`bool

Whether the class can be used. Default true.

`$args`array

An array of request arguments.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'use_curl_transport', true, $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php#L443)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php#L443-L443)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Http_Curl::test()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http_curl/test/)`wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php` |

Determines whether this class can be used for retrieving a URL.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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