WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email( string $type, object $core_update, mixed $result = null )

Compatibility

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$typestring

The type of email to send. Can be one of 'success', 'fail', 'manual', 'critical'.

$core_updateobject

The update offer that was attempted.

$resultmixedoptional

The result for the core update. Can be WP_Error.Default: null

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.

Cost class

Expensive

Sends mail via wp_mail().

Scaling

Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.

Instructions

171–244

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 449.

Plugin surface

2 hooks

Third-party callbacks on 'auto_core_update_send_email', 'auto_core_update_email' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.

Called by

2

2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

• optionnetwork optionupdate_site_option()called directly
• hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
• querycontent queryget_user_by()called directly
• mailsends mailwp_mail()called directly
• cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email()
• serializeserialisationmaybe_unserialize()one call below WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email()
• transienttransientget_site_transient()one call below WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email()

What one call costs · 168 distinct outcomes

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

This body has more branch combinations than are worth enumerating, so the table covers the outcomes found first rather than every one that exists.

Hooks and filters fired · 2

2 hooks fire while WP_Automatic_Updater::send_email() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( auto_core_update_send_email )filterline 935 (+37 into the body)

   Filters whether to send an email following an automatic background core update.

2. 2
   apply_filters( auto_core_update_email )filterline 1147 (+249 into the body)

   Filters the email sent following an automatic background core update.

Uses · 20

• update_site_option()Updates the value of an option that was already added for the current network.
• get_site_option()Retrieve an option value for the current network based on name of option.
• get_preferred_from_update_core()Selects the first update version from the update_core option.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
• get_user_by()Retrieves user info by a given field.
• switch_to_user_locale()Switches the translations according to the given user's locale.
• switch_to_locale()Switches the translations according to the given locale.
• get_locale()Retrieves the current locale.
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• wp_specialchars_decode()Converts a number of HTML entities into their special characters.
• get_option()Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
• home_url()Retrieves the URL for the current site where the front end is accessible.

Used by · 2

• WP_Automatic_Updater::after_core_update()Checks whether to send an email and avoid processing future updates after attempting a core update.
• WP_Automatic_Updater::send_core_update_notification_email()Notifies an administrator of a core update.

Source code

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898	protected function send_email( $type, $core_update, $result = null ) {899		update_site_option(900			'auto_core_update_notified',901			array(902				'type'      => $type,903				'email'     => get_site_option( 'admin_email' ),904				'version'   => $core_update->current,905				'timestamp' => time(),906			)907		);908 909		$next_user_core_update = get_preferred_from_update_core();910 911		// If the update transient is empty, use the update we just performed.912		if ( ! $next_user_core_update ) {913			$next_user_core_update = $core_update;914		}915 916		if ( 'upgrade' === $next_user_core_update->response917			&& version_compare( $next_user_core_update->version, $core_update->version, '>' )918		) {919			$newer_version_available = true;920		} else {921			$newer_version_available = false;922		}923 924		/**925		 * Filters whether to send an email following an automatic background core update.926		 *927		 * @since 3.7.0928		 *929		 * @param bool   $send        Whether to send the email. Default true.930		 * @param string $type        The type of email to send. Can be one of931		 *                            'success', 'fail', 'critical'.932		 * @param object $core_update The update offer that was attempted.933		 * @param mixed  $result      The result for the core update. Can be WP_Error.934		 */935		if ( 'manual' !== $type && ! apply_filters( 'auto_core_update_send_email', true, $type, $core_update, $result ) ) {936			return;937		}938 939		$admin_user = get_user_by( 'email', get_site_option( 'admin_email' ) );940 941		if ( $admin_user ) {942			$switched_locale = switch_to_user_locale( $admin_user->ID );943		} else {944			$switched_locale = switch_to_locale( get_locale() );945		}946 947		switch ( $type ) {948			case 'success': // We updated.949				/* translators: Site updated notification email subject. 1: Site title, 2: WordPress version. */950				$subject = __( '[%1$s] Your site has updated to WordPress %2$s' );951				break;952 953			case 'fail':   // We tried to update but couldn't.954			case 'manual': // We can't update (and made no attempt).955				/* translators: Update available notification email subject. 1: Site title, 2: WordPress version. */956				$subject = __( '[%1$s] WordPress %2$s is available. Please update!' );957				break;958 959			case 'critical': // We tried to update, started to copy files, then things went wrong.960				/* translators: Site down notification email subject. 1: Site title. */961				$subject = __( '[%1$s] URGENT: Your site may be down due to a failed update' );962				break;963 964			default:965				return;966		}967 968		// If the auto-update is not to the latest version, say that the current version of WP is available instead.969		$version = 'success' === $type ? $core_update->current : $next_user_core_update->current;970		$subject = sprintf( $subject, wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( 'blogname' ), ENT_QUOTES ), $version );971 972		$body = '';973 974		switch ( $type ) {975			case 'success':976				$body .= sprintf(977					/* translators: 1: Home URL, 2: WordPress version. */

Changelog

Introduced in 3.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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