get_default_feed(): string
- Since
- 2.5.0
- Source
wp-includes/feed.php:80
Description
The default feed is 'rss2', unless a plugin changes it through the 'default_feed' filter.
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 2.5.0
- 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
string- Default feed, or for example 'rss2', 'atom', etc.
Performance profile
How much work a call to get_default_feed() 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
- 8
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 15
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 9.
Third-party callbacks on 'default_feed' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
15 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly
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_feed() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 8 | apply_filters() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 9 instructions, 8 executed per call, 1 branch. 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.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while get_default_feed() runs, in this order:
Uses · 1
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
Used by · 15
- WP::send_headers()Sends additional HTTP headers for caching, content type, etc.
- WP_Query::is_feed()Determines whether the query is for a feed.
- do_feed()Loads the feed template from the use of an action hook.
- feed_content_type()Returns the content type for specified feed type.
- feed_links()Displays the links to the general feeds.
- get_author_feed_link()Retrieves the feed link for a given author.
- get_feed_link()Retrieves the permalink for the feed type.
- get_post_comments_feed_link()Retrieves the permalink for the post comments feed.
- get_post_type_archive_feed_link()Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive feed.
- get_search_comments_feed_link()Retrieves the permalink for the search results comments feed.
- get_search_feed_link()Retrieves the permalink for the search results feed.
- get_term_feed_link()Retrieves the feed link for a term.
Show all 15
- get_the_category_rss()Retrieves all of the post categories, formatted for use in feeds.
- get_the_content_feed()Retrieves the post content for feeds.
- redirect_canonical()Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.
Source code
function get_default_feed() { /** * Filters the default feed type. * * @since 2.5.0 * * @param string $feed_type Type of default feed. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'. * Default 'rss2'. */ $default_feed = apply_filters( 'default_feed', 'rss2' ); return ( 'rss' === $default_feed ) ? 'rss2' : $default_feed;}Changelog
Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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