wp_ajax_toggle_auto_updates()

Compatibility

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 wp_ajax_toggle_auto_updates() 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

Moderate

Reads stored settings via get_site_option(), cached per request but not free on a cold cache.

Scaling

Constant

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

Instructions

71–125

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 158.

Plugin surface

1 hook

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

Called by

0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What it touches

• hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
• optionnetwork optionget_site_option()called directly
• cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below wp_ajax_toggle_auto_updates()

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

What one call costs · 112 distinct outcomes

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

Hooks and filters fired · 1

One hook fires while wp_ajax_toggle_auto_updates() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( all_plugins )filterline 5609 (+28 into the body)

   Filters the full array of plugins to list in the Plugins list table.

Uses · 11

• check_ajax_referer()Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.
• wp_send_json_error()Sends a JSON response back to an Ajax request, indicating failure.
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• sanitize_text_field()Sanitizes a string from user input or from the database.
• current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
• get_plugins()Checks the plugins directory and retrieve all plugin files with plugin data.
• wp_get_themes()Returns an array of WP_Theme objects based on the arguments.
• get_site_option()Retrieve an option value for the current network based on name of option.
• update_site_option()Updates the value of an option that was already added for the current network.
• wp_send_json_success()Sends a JSON response back to an Ajax request, indicating success.

Source code

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5581function wp_ajax_toggle_auto_updates() {5582	check_ajax_referer( 'updates' );5583 5584	if ( empty( $_POST['type'] ) || empty( $_POST['asset'] ) || empty( $_POST['state'] ) ) {5585		wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => __( 'Invalid data. No selected item.' ) ) );5586	}5587 5588	$asset = sanitize_text_field( urldecode( $_POST['asset'] ) );5589 5590	if ( 'enable' !== $_POST['state'] && 'disable' !== $_POST['state'] ) {5591		wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => __( 'Invalid data. Unknown state.' ) ) );5592	}5593	$state = $_POST['state'];5594 5595	if ( 'plugin' !== $_POST['type'] && 'theme' !== $_POST['type'] ) {5596		wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => __( 'Invalid data. Unknown type.' ) ) );5597	}5598	$type = $_POST['type'];5599 5600	switch ( $type ) {5601		case 'plugin':5602			if ( ! current_user_can( 'update_plugins' ) ) {5603				$error_message = __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to modify plugins.' );5604				wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => $error_message ) );5605			}5606 5607			$option = 'auto_update_plugins';5608			/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php */5609			$all_items = apply_filters( 'all_plugins', get_plugins() );5610			break;5611		case 'theme':5612			if ( ! current_user_can( 'update_themes' ) ) {5613				$error_message = __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to modify themes.' );5614				wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => $error_message ) );5615			}5616 5617			$option    = 'auto_update_themes';5618			$all_items = wp_get_themes();5619			break;5620		default:5621			wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => __( 'Invalid data. Unknown type.' ) ) );5622	}5623 5624	if ( ! array_key_exists( $asset, $all_items ) ) {5625		$error_message = __( 'Invalid data. The item does not exist.' );5626		wp_send_json_error( array( 'error' => $error_message ) );5627	}5628 5629	$auto_updates = (array) get_site_option( $option, array() );5630 5631	if ( 'disable' === $state ) {5632		$auto_updates = array_diff( $auto_updates, array( $asset ) );5633	} else {5634		$auto_updates[] = $asset;5635		$auto_updates   = array_unique( $auto_updates );5636	}5637 5638	// Remove items that have been deleted since the site option was last updated.5639	$auto_updates = array_intersect( $auto_updates, array_keys( $all_items ) );5640 5641	update_site_option( $option, $auto_updates );5642 5643	wp_send_json_success();5644}

Changelog

Introduced in 5.5.0. 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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