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

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_read_image_metadata’, array $meta, string $file, int $image_type, array $iptc, array $exif )

## In this article

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

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Filters the array of meta data read from an image’s exif data.

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

 `$meta`array

Image meta data.

`$file`string

Path to image file.

`$image_type`int

Type of image, one of the `IMAGETYPE_XXX` constants.

`$iptc`array

IPTC data.

`$exif`array

EXIF data.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'wp_read_image_metadata', $meta, $file, $image_type, $iptc, $exif );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/image.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php#L1077)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php#L1077-L1077)

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

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

Gets extended image metadata, exif or iptc as available.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.0.0/) | The `$exif` parameter was added. | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | The `$iptc` parameter was added. | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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