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WP_Widget::display_callback( array $args, int|array $widget_args = 1 )

Since
2.8.0
Source
wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php:360
Generates the actual widget content (Do NOT override).

Description

Finds the instance and calls WP_Widget::widget().

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.8.0
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

$argsarray
Display arguments. See WP_Widget::widget() for information on accepted arguments.
$widget_argsint|arrayoptional
Internal order number of the widget instance, or array of multi-widget arguments. Default 1.Default: 1
  • $numberint

    Number increment used for multiples of the same widget.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Widget::display_callback() 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
Trivial

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
21–55

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 56.

Plugin surface
1 hook

Third-party callbacks on 'widget_display_callback' 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

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_Widget::display_callback() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!isset($instances)21–23wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings()
isset($instances) && $instance === false33–35wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings(), apply_filters()
isset($instances) && $instance !== false && !->is_preview()46–49wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings(), apply_filters(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->is_preview(), ->widget(), ->is_preview()
isset($instances) && $instance !== false && ->is_preview()49–52wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings(), apply_filters(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->is_preview(), ->widget(), ->is_preview(), wp_suspend_cache_addition()
isset($instances) && $instance !== false50–52wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings(), apply_filters(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->is_preview(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->widget(), ->is_preview()
isset($instances) && $instance !== false && ->is_preview()53–55wp_parse_args(), ->_set(), ->get_settings(), apply_filters(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->is_preview(), wp_suspend_cache_addition(), ->widget(), ->is_preview(), wp_suspend_cache_addition()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev5621–556
8.55621–556
8.45621–5562 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.35823–576
8.25823–576
8.15823–576
7.45823–576

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 · 1

One hook fires while WP_Widget::display_callback() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( widget_display_callback )filterline 383 (+23 into the body)

    Filters the settings for a particular widget instance.

Uses · 7

Source code

	public function display_callback( $args, $widget_args = 1 ) {		if ( is_numeric( $widget_args ) ) {			$widget_args = array( 'number' => $widget_args );		} 		$widget_args = wp_parse_args( $widget_args, array( 'number' => -1 ) );		$this->_set( $widget_args['number'] );		$instances = $this->get_settings(); 		if ( isset( $instances[ $this->number ] ) ) {			$instance = $instances[ $this->number ]; 			/**			 * Filters the settings for a particular widget instance.			 *			 * Returning false will effectively short-circuit display of the widget.			 *			 * @since 2.8.0			 *			 * @param array     $instance The current widget instance's settings.			 * @param WP_Widget $widget   The current widget instance.			 * @param array     $args     An array of default widget arguments.			 */			$instance = apply_filters( 'widget_display_callback', $instance, $this, $args ); 			if ( false === $instance ) {				return;			} 			$was_cache_addition_suspended = wp_suspend_cache_addition();			if ( $this->is_preview() && ! $was_cache_addition_suspended ) {				wp_suspend_cache_addition( true );			} 			$this->widget( $args, $instance ); 			if ( $this->is_preview() ) {				wp_suspend_cache_addition( $was_cache_addition_suspended );			}		}	}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.8.0. 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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