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create_initial_theme_features()

Since
5.5.0, 6.0.1
Source
wp-includes/theme.php:3935
Creates the initial theme features when the 'setup_theme' action is fired.

Description

See 'setup_theme'.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.0.1
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.

Performance profile

How much work a call to create_initial_theme_features() 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
11–16

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 254.

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 · 2 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!is_array($formats)11array_merge()
is_array($formats)16array_values(), array_merge()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev25311–1511 fewer instruction than PHP 8.5
8.525411–161
8.425411–161
8.325411–161
8.225411–161
8.125411–161
7.425411–161

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 · 3

Source code

function create_initial_theme_features() {	register_theme_feature(		'align-wide',		array(			'description'  => __( 'Whether theme opts in to wide alignment CSS class.' ),			'show_in_rest' => true,		)	);	register_theme_feature(		'automatic-feed-links',		array(			'description'  => __( 'Whether posts and comments RSS feed links are added to head.' ),			'show_in_rest' => true,		)	);	register_theme_feature(		'block-templates',		array(			'description'  => __( 'Whether a theme uses block-based templates.' ),			'show_in_rest' => true,		)	);	register_theme_feature(		'block-template-parts',		array(			'description'  => __( 'Whether a theme uses block-based template parts.' ),			'show_in_rest' => true,		)	);	register_theme_feature(		'custom-background',		array(			'description'  => __( 'Custom background if defined by the theme.' ),			'type'         => 'object',			'show_in_rest' => array(				'schema' => array(					'properties' => array(						'default-image'      => array(							'type'   => 'string',							'format' => 'uri',						),						'default-preset'     => array(							'type' => 'string',							'enum' => array(								'default',								'fill',								'fit',								'repeat',								'custom',							),						),						'default-position-x' => array(							'type' => 'string',							'enum' => array(								'left',								'center',								'right',							),						),						'default-position-y' => array(							'type' => 'string',							'enum' => array(								'left',								'center',								'right',							),						),						'default-size'       => array(							'type' => 'string',							'enum' => array(								'auto',								'contain',								'cover',							),						),						'default-repeat'     => array(							'type' => 'string',							'enum' => array(								'repeat-x',								'repeat-y',

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.

6.0.1
The block-templates feature was added.from the docblock
5.5.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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