Title: widget_{$this->id_base}_instance
Published: June 15, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( “widget_{$this->id_base}_instance”, array $instance, array $args, WP_Widget_Media $widget )

## In this article

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

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Filters the media widget instance prior to rendering the media.

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

 `$instance`array

Instance data.

`$args`array

Widget args.

`$widget`[WP_Widget_Media](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/)

Widget object.

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

    ```php
    $instance = apply_filters( "widget_{$this->id_base}_instance", $instance, $args, $this );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php#L255)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php#L255-L255)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Media::widget()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/widget/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php` |

Displays the widget on the front-end.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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