wp_dropdown_roles( string $selected = '', array $editable_roles = null )
- Since
- 2.1.0, 7.0.0
- Source
wp-admin/includes/template.php:978
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 7.0.0
- 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
$selectedstringoptional- Slug for the role that should be already selected.Default:
'' $editable_rolesarrayoptional- Array of roles to include in the dropdown. Defaults to all roles the current user is allowed to edit.Default:
null
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_dropdown_roles() 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
- 9–16
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 1
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 45.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below wp_dropdown_roles()
Further down the call graph this can also reach option, 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 · 2 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_dropdown_roles() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
$editable_roles !== null | 9–10 | none |
$editable_roles === null | 15–16 | get_editable_roles(), array_reverse() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 45 instructions, 9–16 executed per call, 4 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
- get_editable_roles()Fetch a filtered list of user roles that the current user is allowed to edit.
- translate_user_role()Translates role name.
- esc_attr()Escaping for HTML attributes.
Used by · 1
- WP_Users_List_Table::extra_tablenav()Outputs the controls to allow user roles to be changed in bulk.
Source code
function wp_dropdown_roles( $selected = '', $editable_roles = null ) { $r = ''; if ( null === $editable_roles ) { $editable_roles = array_reverse( get_editable_roles() ); } foreach ( $editable_roles as $role => $details ) { $name = translate_user_role( $details['name'] ); // Preselect specified role. if ( $selected === $role ) { $r .= "\n\t<option selected='selected' value='" . esc_attr( $role ) . "'>$name</option>"; } else { $r .= "\n\t<option value='" . esc_attr( $role ) . "'>$name</option>"; } } echo $r;}Changelog
Introduced in 2.1.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
$editable_roles added.verified against sourceAbout this page
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