get_default_block_categories(): array[]
- Since
- 5.8.0, 6.3.0
- Source
wp-includes/block-editor.php:18
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 6.3.0
- 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
array[]- Array of categories for block types.
Performance profile
How much work a call to get_default_block_categories() 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
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 57
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 2
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 57.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
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 get_default_block_categories() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 57 | _x(), _x(), _x(), _x(), _x(), _x(), _x() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 57 instructions, 57 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
- _x()Retrieves translated string with gettext context.
Used by · 2
- get_block_categories()Returns all the categories for block types that will be shown in the block editor.
- get_default_block_editor_settings()Returns the default block editor settings.
Source code
function get_default_block_categories() { return array( array( 'slug' => 'text', 'title' => _x( 'Text', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'media', 'title' => _x( 'Media', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'design', 'title' => _x( 'Design', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'widgets', 'title' => _x( 'Widgets', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'theme', 'title' => _x( 'Theme', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'embed', 'title' => _x( 'Embeds', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), array( 'slug' => 'reusable', 'title' => _x( 'Patterns', 'block category' ), 'icon' => null, ), );}Changelog
Introduced in 5.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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