Title: wp_initialize_site_args
Published: February 22, 2019
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_initialize_site_args’, array $args, WP_Site $site, WP_Network $network )

## In this article

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

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Filters the arguments for initializing a site.

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

 `$args`array

Arguments to modify the initialization behavior.

`$site`[WP_Site](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site/)

Site that is being initialized.

`$network`[WP_Network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/)

Network that the site belongs to.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters( 'wp_initialize_site_args', $args, $site, $network );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ms-site.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/ms-site.php#L694)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/ms-site.php#L694-L694)

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

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

Runs the initialization routine for a given site.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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