wp_default_scripts( WP_Scripts $scripts )

Description

Compatibility

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$scriptsWP_Scripts

WP_Scripts object.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_default_scripts() 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

Reads stored settings via get_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

1587–2360

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 3021.

Plugin surface

5 hooks

Third-party callbacks on 'bulk_action_observer_ids', 'heartbeat_settings', 'wp_audio_shortcode_library' 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
• optionoption read or writeget_option()one call below wp_default_scripts()

Further down the call graph this can also reach cache, serialize, query 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 · 336 distinct outcomes

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

This body has more branch combinations than are worth enumerating, so the table covers the outcomes found first rather than every one that exists.

Hooks and filters fired · 5

5 hooks fire while wp_default_scripts() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( bulk_action_observer_ids )filterline 788 (+49 into the body)

   Filters the array of field name attributes for bulk actions.

2. 2
   apply_filters( heartbeat_settings )filterline 876 (+137 into the body)

   Filters the Heartbeat settings.

3. 3
   apply_filters( wp_audio_shortcode_library )filterline 1185 (+446 into the body)

   Filters the media library used for the audio shortcode.

4. 4
   apply_filters( wp_video_shortcode_library )filterline 1187 (+448 into the body)

   Filters the media library used for the video shortcode.

5. 5
   apply_filters( mejs_settings )filterline 1199 (+460 into the body)

   Filters the MediaElement configuration settings.

Uses · 20

• wp_scripts_get_suffix()Returns the suffix that can be used for the scripts.
• site_url()Retrieves the URL for the current site where WordPress application files (e.g. wp-blog-header.php or the wp-admin/ folder) are accessible.
• wp_guess_url()Guesses the URL for the site.
• get_bloginfo()Retrieves information about the current site.
• did_action()Retrieves the number of times an action has been fired during the current request.
• get_current_user_id()Gets the current user's ID.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• sanitize_url()Sanitizes a URL for database or redirect usage.
• get_rest_url()Retrieves the URL to a REST endpoint on a site.
• wp_installing()Checks or sets whether WordPress is in "installation" mode.
• wp_create_nonce()Creates a cryptographic token tied to a specific action, user, user session, and window of time.

Source code

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739function wp_default_scripts( $scripts ) {740	$suffix     = wp_scripts_get_suffix();741	$dev_suffix = wp_scripts_get_suffix( 'dev' );742	$guessurl   = site_url();743 744	if ( ! $guessurl ) {745		$guessed_url = true;746		$guessurl    = wp_guess_url();747	}748 749	$scripts->base_url        = $guessurl;750	$scripts->content_url     = defined( 'WP_CONTENT_URL' ) ? WP_CONTENT_URL : '';751	$scripts->default_version = get_bloginfo( 'version' );752	$scripts->default_dirs    = array( '/wp-admin/js/', '/wp-includes/js/' );753 754	$scripts->add( 'utils', "/wp-includes/js/utils$suffix.js" );755	did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(756		'utils',757		'userSettings',758		array(759			'url'    => (string) SITECOOKIEPATH,760			'uid'    => (string) get_current_user_id(),761			'time'   => (string) time(),762			'secure' => (string) ( 'https' === parse_url( site_url(), PHP_URL_SCHEME ) ),763		)764	);765 766	$scripts->add( 'common', "/wp-admin/js/common$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'hoverIntent', 'utils', 'wp-a11y' ), false, 1 );767	$scripts->set_translations( 'common' );768 769	$bulk_action_observer_ids = array(770		'bulk_action' => 'action',771		'changeit'    => 'new_role',772	);773	did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(774		'common',775		'bulkActionObserverIds',776		/**777		 * Filters the array of field name attributes for bulk actions.778		 *779		 * @since 6.8.1780		 *781		 * @param array $bulk_action_observer_ids {782		 *      An array of field name attributes for bulk actions.783		 *784		 *      @type string $bulk_action The bulk action field name. Default 'action'.785		 *      @type string $changeit    The new role field name. Default 'new_role'.786		 * }787		 */788		apply_filters( 'bulk_action_observer_ids', $bulk_action_observer_ids )789	);790 791	$scripts->add( 'wp-sanitize', "/wp-includes/js/wp-sanitize$suffix.js", array(), false, 1 );792 793	$scripts->add( 'sack', "/wp-includes/js/tw-sack$suffix.js", array(), '1.6.1', 1 );794 795	$scripts->add( 'quicktags', "/wp-includes/js/quicktags$suffix.js", array(), false, 1 );796	did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(797		'quicktags',798		'quicktagsL10n',799		array(800			'closeAllOpenTags'      => __( 'Close all open tags' ),801			'closeTags'             => __( 'close tags' ),802			'enterURL'              => __( 'Enter the URL' ),803			'enterImageURL'         => __( 'Enter the URL of the image' ),804			'enterImageDescription' => __( 'Enter a description of the image' ),805			'textdirection'         => __( 'text direction' ),806			'toggleTextdirection'   => __( 'Toggle Editor Text Direction' ),807			'dfw'                   => __( 'Distraction-free writing mode' ),808			'strong'                => __( 'Bold' ),809			'strongClose'           => __( 'Close bold tag' ),810			'em'                    => __( 'Italic' ),811			'emClose'               => __( 'Close italic tag' ),812			'link'                  => __( 'Insert link' ),813			'blockquote'            => __( 'Blockquote' ),814			'blockquoteClose'       => __( 'Close blockquote tag' ),815			'del'                   => __( 'Deleted text (strikethrough)' ),816			'delClose'              => __( 'Close deleted text tag' ),817			'ins'                   => __( 'Inserted text' ),818			'insClose'              => __( 'Close inserted text tag' ),

Changelog

Introduced in 2.6.0. 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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