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apply_shortcodes( string $content, bool $ignore_html = false ): string

Since
5.4.0
Source
wp-includes/shortcodes.php:223
Searches content for shortcodes and filter shortcodes through their hooks.

Description

This function is an alias for do_shortcode().

Compatibility

WordPress
since 5.4.0
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.

Parameters

$contentstring
Content to search for shortcodes.
$ignore_htmlbooloptional
When true, shortcodes inside HTML elements will be skipped.
Default false.Default: false

Return value

string
Content with shortcodes filtered out.

Performance profile

How much work a call to apply_shortcodes() 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
7

Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 7.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
0

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

What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always7do_shortcode()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 7 instructions, 7 executed per call, 0 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

  • do_shortcode()Searches content for shortcodes and filter shortcodes through their hooks.

Source code

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function apply_shortcodes( $content, $ignore_html = false ) {	return do_shortcode( $content, $ignore_html );}

Changelog

Introduced in 5.4.0. 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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