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is_term( int|string $term, string $taxonomy = '', int $parent = 0 ): mixed

Since
2.3.0
Source
wp-includes/deprecated.php:2519
Check if Term exists.

Compatibility

Deprecated in WordPress 3.0.0. Use term_exists()

WordPress
since 2.3.0
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.

Parameters

$termint|string
The term to check
$taxonomystringoptional
The taxonomy name to useDefault: ''
$parentintoptional
ID of parent term under which to confine the exists search.Default: 0

Return value

mixed
Get the term ID or term object, if exists.

Performance profile

How much work a call to is_term() 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_terms().

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
14

Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 14.

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 it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksdo_action()one call below is_term()
  • querycontent queryget_terms()one call below is_term()

Further down the call graph this can also reach 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 is_term() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always14_deprecated_function(), term_exists()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 14 instructions, 14 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 · 2

Source code

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function is_term( $term, $taxonomy = '', $parent = 0 ) {	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'term_exists()' );	return term_exists( $term, $taxonomy, $parent );}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.3.0. 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.

3.0.0
Deprecated. Use term_exists()from the docblock
2.3.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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