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register_initial_settings()

Since
4.7.0, 6.0.1
Source
wp-includes/option.php:2743
Registers default settings available in WordPress.

Description

The settings registered here are primarily useful for the REST API, so this does not encompass all settings available in WordPress.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.0.1
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.

Performance profile

How much work a call to register_initial_settings() 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

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
210–232

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 232.

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 callbacksapply_filters()one call below register_initial_settings()

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 · 4 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
is_multisite()210__(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest()
always221__(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest()
always221__(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest()
!is_multisite()232__(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), is_multisite(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), show_in_rest(), __(), __(), show_in_rest()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 232 instructions, 210–232 executed per call, 2 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 · 3

Source code

function register_initial_settings() {	register_setting(		'general',		'blogname',		array(			'show_in_rest' => array(				'name' => 'title',			),			'type'         => 'string',			'label'        => __( 'Title' ),			'description'  => __( 'Site title.' ),		)	); 	register_setting(		'general',		'blogdescription',		array(			'show_in_rest' => array(				'name' => 'description',			),			'type'         => 'string',			'label'        => __( 'Tagline' ),			'description'  => __( 'Site tagline.' ),		)	); 	if ( ! is_multisite() ) {		register_setting(			'general',			'siteurl',			array(				'show_in_rest' => array(					'name'   => 'url',					'schema' => array(						'format' => 'uri',					),				),				'type'         => 'string',				'description'  => __( 'Site URL.' ),			)		);	} 	if ( ! is_multisite() ) {		register_setting(			'general',			'admin_email',			array(				'show_in_rest' => array(					'name'   => 'email',					'schema' => array(						'format' => 'email',					),				),				'type'         => 'string',				'description'  => __( 'This address is used for admin purposes, like new user notification.' ),			)		);	} 	register_setting(		'general',		'timezone_string',		array(			'show_in_rest' => array(				'name' => 'timezone',			),			'type'         => 'string',			'description'  => __( 'A city in the same timezone as you.' ),		)	); 	register_setting(		'general',		'date_format',		array(			'show_in_rest' => true,			'type'         => 'string',			'description'  => __( 'A date format for all date strings.' ),

Changelog

Introduced in 4.7.0. 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.

6.0.1
The show_on_front, page_on_front, and page_for_posts options were added.from the docblock
4.7.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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