WP_Theme::get_core_default_theme(): WP_Theme|false
- Since
- 4.4.0
- Source
wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php:1655
Description
This hits the filesystem.
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 4.4.0
- 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.
Return value
WP_Theme|false- Object, or false if no theme is installed, which would be bad.
Performance profile
How much work a call to WP_Theme::get_core_default_theme() 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
- Light
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 7–16
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 4
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with how much data it finds.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 18.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
4 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost WP_Theme::get_core_default_theme() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 7–8 | array_reverse() |
!array_reverse() && ->exists() | 16 | array_reverse(), wp_get_theme(), ->exists() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 18 instructions, 7–16 executed per call, 3 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.
Uses · 1
- wp_get_theme()Gets a WP_Theme object for a theme.
Used by · 4
- WP_Site_Health::get_test_theme_version()Tests if themes are outdated, or unnecessary.
- populate_network_meta()Creates WordPress network meta and sets the default values.
- populate_options()Create WordPress options and set the default values.
- validate_current_theme()Checks that the active theme has the required files.
Source code
public static function get_core_default_theme() { foreach ( array_reverse( self::$default_themes ) as $slug => $name ) { $theme = wp_get_theme( $slug ); if ( $theme->exists() ) { return $theme; } } return false; }Changelog
Introduced in 4.4.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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