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get_term_feed_link( int|WP_Term|object $term, string $taxonomy = '', string $feed = '' ): string|false

Since
3.0.0
Source
wp-includes/link-template.php:935
Retrieves the feed link for a term.

Description

Returns a link to the feed for all posts in a given term. A specific feed can be requested or left blank to get the default feed.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.0.0
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

$termint|WP_Term|object
The ID or term object whose feed link will be retrieved.
$taxonomystringoptional
Taxonomy of $term_id.Default: ''
$feedstringoptional
Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'.
Default is the value of get_default_feed().Default: ''

Return value

string|false
Link to the feed for the term specified by $term and $taxonomy.

Performance profile

How much work a call to get_term_feed_link() 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
Heavy

Reaches the database via get_term().

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
13–64

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 121.

Plugin surface
3 hooks

Third-party callbacks on 'category_feed_link', 'tag_feed_link', 'taxonomy_feed_link' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.

Called by
4

4 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

  • querycontent queryget_term()called directly
  • optionoption read or writeget_option()called directly
  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
  • cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below get_term_feed_link()
  • serializeserialisationmaybe_unserialize()one call below get_term_feed_link()

Further down the call graph this can also reach transient. That is the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 8 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
empty($term)13–15get_term()
!empty($term) && is_wp_error()17–19get_term(), is_wp_error()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && !empty($feed)46–53get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_option(), home_url(), apply_filters()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && empty($feed)49–56get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_default_feed(), get_option(), home_url(), apply_filters()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && !empty($feed) && $taxonomy !== "category" && $taxonomy !== "post_tag"55–60get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_option(), get_taxonomy(), home_url(), apply_filters()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && !empty($feed)55–61get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_option(), get_term_link(), get_default_feed(), trailingslashit(), user_trailingslashit(), apply_filters()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && empty($feed) && $taxonomy !== "category" && $taxonomy !== "post_tag"58–63get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_default_feed(), get_option(), get_taxonomy(), home_url(), apply_filters()
!empty($term) && !is_wp_error() && empty($feed)58–64get_term(), is_wp_error(), get_default_feed(), get_option(), get_term_link(), get_default_feed(), trailingslashit(), user_trailingslashit(), 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: 121 instructions, 13–64 executed per call, 10 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.

Hooks and filters fired · 3

3 hooks fire while get_term_feed_link() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( category_feed_link )filterline 983 (+48 into the body)

    Filters the category feed link.

  2. apply_filters( tag_feed_link )filterline 993 (+58 into the body)

    Filters the post tag feed link.

  3. apply_filters( taxonomy_feed_link )filterline 1004 (+69 into the body)

    Filters the feed link for a taxonomy other than 'category' or 'post_tag'.

Uses · 10

Used by · 4

Source code

function get_term_feed_link( $term, $taxonomy = '', $feed = '' ) {	if ( ! is_object( $term ) ) {		$term = (int) $term;	} 	$term = get_term( $term, $taxonomy ); 	if ( empty( $term ) || is_wp_error( $term ) ) {		return false;	} 	$taxonomy = $term->taxonomy; 	if ( empty( $feed ) ) {		$feed = get_default_feed();	} 	$permalink_structure = get_option( 'permalink_structure' ); 	if ( ! $permalink_structure ) {		if ( 'category' === $taxonomy ) {			$link = home_url( "?feed=$feed&cat=$term->term_id" );		} elseif ( 'post_tag' === $taxonomy ) {			$link = home_url( "?feed=$feed&tag=$term->slug" );		} else {			$t    = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );			$link = home_url( "?feed=$feed&$t->query_var=$term->slug" );		}	} else {		$link = get_term_link( $term, $term->taxonomy );		if ( get_default_feed() === $feed ) {			$feed_link = 'feed';		} else {			$feed_link = "feed/$feed";		} 		$link = trailingslashit( $link ) . user_trailingslashit( $feed_link, 'feed' );	} 	if ( 'category' === $taxonomy ) {		/**		 * Filters the category feed link.		 *		 * @since 1.5.1		 *		 * @param string $link The category feed link.		 * @param string $feed Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'.		 */		$link = apply_filters( 'category_feed_link', $link, $feed );	} elseif ( 'post_tag' === $taxonomy ) {		/**		 * Filters the post tag feed link.		 *		 * @since 2.3.0		 *		 * @param string $link The tag feed link.		 * @param string $feed Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'.		 */		$link = apply_filters( 'tag_feed_link', $link, $feed );	} else {		/**		 * Filters the feed link for a taxonomy other than 'category' or 'post_tag'.		 *		 * @since 3.0.0		 *		 * @param string $link     The taxonomy feed link.		 * @param string $feed     Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'.		 * @param string $taxonomy The taxonomy name.		 */		$link = apply_filters( 'taxonomy_feed_link', $link, $feed, $taxonomy );	} 	return $link;}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.0.0. 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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