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WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list( int $page_num, string $object_subtype = '' ): array[]

Since
5.5.0, 5.9.0
Source
wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php:64
Gets a URL list for a post type sitemap.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 5.9.0
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

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

Parameters

$page_numint
Page of results.
$object_subtypestringoptional
Post type name. Default empty.Default: ''

Return value

array[]
Array of URL information for a sitemap.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list() 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
Heavy

Reaches the database via get_post().

Scaling
Scales with input

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

Instructions
9–78

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 104.

Plugin surface
3 hooks

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

Called by
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
  • optionoption read or writeget_option()called directly
  • cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list()
  • serializeserialisationmaybe_unserialize()one call below WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list()
  • querycontent queryget_post()one call below WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list()

Further down the call graph this can also reach transient. That is the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 6 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!isset($supported_types[$post_type])9->get_object_subtypes()
isset($supported_types[$post_type]) && $url_list !== null18->get_object_subtypes(), apply_filters()
isset($supported_types[$post_type]) && $url_list === null34–37->get_object_subtypes(), apply_filters(), ->get_posts_query_args()
isset($supported_types[$post_type]) && $url_list === null && $post_type === "page" && $page_num === 141–42->get_object_subtypes(), apply_filters(), ->get_posts_query_args(), get_option()
isset($supported_types[$post_type]) && $url_list === null && $post_type === "page" && $page_num === 1 && empty($latest_posts)58–59->get_object_subtypes(), apply_filters(), ->get_posts_query_args(), get_option(), home_url(), loc(), apply_filters()
isset($supported_types[$post_type]) && $url_list === null && $post_type === "page" && $page_num === 1 && !empty($latest_posts)77–78->get_object_subtypes(), apply_filters(), ->get_posts_query_args(), get_option(), home_url(), loc(), wp_list_sort(), strtotime(), wp_date(), apply_filters()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 104 instructions, 9–78 executed per call, 8 branches. The work does not change between versions.

An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.

Hooks and filters fired · 3

3 hooks fire while WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_url_list() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list )filterline 87 (+23 into the body)

    Filters the posts URL list before it is generated.

  2. apply_filters( wp_sitemaps_posts_show_on_front_entry )filterline 145 (+81 into the body)

    Filters the sitemap entry for the home page when the 'show_on_front' option equals 'posts'.

  3. apply_filters( wp_sitemaps_posts_entry )filterline 164 (+100 into the body)

    Filters the sitemap entry for an individual post.

Uses · 9

Source code

	public function get_url_list( $page_num, $object_subtype = '' ) {		// Restores the more descriptive, specific name for use within this method.		$post_type = $object_subtype; 		// Bail early if the queried post type is not supported.		$supported_types = $this->get_object_subtypes(); 		if ( ! isset( $supported_types[ $post_type ] ) ) {			return array();		} 		/**		 * Filters the posts URL list before it is generated.		 *		 * Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit the generation,		 * returning that value instead.		 *		 * @since 5.5.0		 *		 * @param array[]|null $url_list  The URL list. Default null.		 * @param string       $post_type Post type name.		 * @param int          $page_num  Page of results.		 */		$url_list = apply_filters(			'wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list',			null,			$post_type,			$page_num		); 		if ( null !== $url_list ) {			return $url_list;		} 		$args          = $this->get_posts_query_args( $post_type );		$args['paged'] = $page_num; 		$query = new WP_Query( $args ); 		$url_list = array(); 		/*		 * Add a URL for the homepage in the pages sitemap.		 * Shows only on the first page if the reading settings are set to display latest posts.		 */		if ( 'page' === $post_type && 1 === $page_num && 'posts' === get_option( 'show_on_front' ) ) {			// Extract the data needed for home URL to add to the array.			$sitemap_entry = array(				'loc' => home_url( '/' ),			); 			/*			 * Get the most recent posts displayed on the homepage,			 * and then sort them by their modified date to find			 * the date the homepage was approximately last updated.			 */			$latest_posts = new WP_Query(				array(					'post_type'              => 'post',					'post_status'            => 'publish',					'orderby'                => 'date',					'order'                  => 'DESC',					'no_found_rows'          => true,					'update_post_meta_cache' => false,					'update_post_term_cache' => false,				)			); 			if ( ! empty( $latest_posts->posts ) ) {				$posts = wp_list_sort( $latest_posts->posts, 'post_modified_gmt', 'DESC' ); 				$sitemap_entry['lastmod'] = wp_date( DATE_W3C, strtotime( $posts[0]->post_modified_gmt ) );			} 			/**			 * Filters the sitemap entry for the home page when the 'show_on_front' option equals 'posts'.			 *			 * @since 5.5.0			 *			 * @param array $sitemap_entry Sitemap entry for the home page.

Changelog

Introduced in 5.5.0. 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.

5.9.0
Renamed $post_type to $object_subtype to match parent class for PHP 8 named parameter support.from the docblock
5.5.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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