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wp_embed_defaults( string $url = '' ): int[]

Since
2.9.0
Source
wp-includes/embed.php:67
Creates default array of embed parameters.

Description

The width defaults to the content width as specified by the theme. If the theme does not specify a content width, then 500px is used.

The default height is 1.5 times the width, or 1000px, whichever is smaller.

The 'embed_defaults' filter can be used to adjust either of these values.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.9.0
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

$urlstringoptional
The URL that should be embedded. Default empty.Default: ''

Return value

int[]
Indexed array of the embed width and height in pixels.
  • $0int

    The embed width.
  • $1int

    The embed height.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_embed_defaults() 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
22–26

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 26.

Plugin surface
1 hook

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

Called by
3

3 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly

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 wp_embed_defaults() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always22–26ceil(), compact(), apply_filters()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev2622–262
8.52622–262
8.42622–2623 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.32925–292
8.22925–292
8.12925–2922 fewer instructions than PHP 7.4
7.43126–312

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.

Hooks and filters fired · 1

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

  1. apply_filters( embed_defaults )filterline 91 (+24 into the body)

    Filters the default array of embed dimensions.

Uses · 1

  • apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Used by · 3

Source code

function wp_embed_defaults( $url = '' ) {	if ( ! empty( $GLOBALS['content_width'] ) ) {		$width = (int) $GLOBALS['content_width'];	} 	if ( empty( $width ) ) {		$width = 500;	} 	$height = min( (int) ceil( $width * 1.5 ), 1000 ); 	/**	 * Filters the default array of embed dimensions.	 *	 * @since 2.9.0	 *	 * @param int[]  $size {	 *     Indexed array of the embed width and height in pixels.	 *	 *     @type int $0 The embed width.	 *     @type int $1 The embed height.	 * }	 * @param string $url  The URL that should be embedded.	 */	return apply_filters( 'embed_defaults', compact( 'width', 'height' ), $url );}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.9.0. 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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