get_theme_data( string $theme_file ): array
- Since
- 1.5.0
- Source
wp-includes/deprecated.php:3077
Compatibility
Deprecated in WordPress 3.4.0. Use wp_get_theme()
- WordPress
- since 1.5.0
- PHP
- 7.4–8.4
- 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 8.4.
Parameters
$theme_filestring- Theme file path.
Return value
array- Theme data.
Performance profile
How much work a call to get_theme_data() 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
- Light
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 77–78
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 0
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.4, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 86.
Third-party callbacks on 'extra_theme_headers' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly
Further down the call graph this can also reach query, option, cache, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
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_theme_data() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.4.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 77–78 | _deprecated_function(), wp_basename(), ->get(), ->display(), ->display(), ->display(), ->display(), ->get(), ->get(), ->get(), ->get(), ->get(), ->get(), apply_filters() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 86 | 77–78 | 3 | 6 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 92 | 83–84 | 3 | |
| 8.2 | 92 | 83–84 | 3 | |
| 8.1 | 92 | 83–84 | 3 | |
| 7.4 | 92 | 83–84 | 3 |
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_theme_data() runs, in this order:
- apply_filters( extra_theme_headers )filterline 3095 (+18 into the body)
Uses · 4
- _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
- wp_basename()i18n-friendly version of basename().
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
- WP_Theme::__construct()Constructor for WP_Theme.
Source code
function get_theme_data( $theme_file ) { _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.4.0', 'wp_get_theme()' ); $theme = new WP_Theme( wp_basename( dirname( $theme_file ) ), dirname( dirname( $theme_file ) ) ); $theme_data = array( 'Name' => $theme->get('Name'), 'URI' => $theme->display('ThemeURI', true, false), 'Description' => $theme->display('Description', true, false), 'Author' => $theme->display('Author', true, false), 'AuthorURI' => $theme->display('AuthorURI', true, false), 'Version' => $theme->get('Version'), 'Template' => $theme->get('Template'), 'Status' => $theme->get('Status'), 'Tags' => $theme->get('Tags'), 'Title' => $theme->get('Name'), 'AuthorName' => $theme->get('Author'), ); foreach ( apply_filters( 'extra_theme_headers', array() ) as $extra_header ) { if ( ! isset( $theme_data[ $extra_header ] ) ) $theme_data[ $extra_header ] = $theme->get( $extra_header ); } return $theme_data;}Changelog
Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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