wp_get_auto_update_message(): string

Compatibility

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

Return value

string

The update message to be shown.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_get_auto_update_message() 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

11–25

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 39.

Plugin surface

None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by

6

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

What it touches

• hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()one call below wp_get_auto_update_message()

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

Uses · 3

• wp_next_scheduled()Retrieves the timestamp of the next scheduled event for the given hook.
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• human_time_diff()Determines the difference between two timestamps.

Used by · 6

• WP_MS_Themes_List_Table::column_autoupdates()Handles the auto-updates column output.
• WP_Plugins_List_Table::single_row()
• core_auto_updates_settings()Display WordPress auto-updates settings.
• list_plugin_updates()Display the upgrade plugins form.
• list_theme_updates()Display the upgrade themes form.
• wp_theme_auto_update_setting_template()Returns the JavaScript template used to display the auto-update setting for a theme.

Source code

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1099function wp_get_auto_update_message() {1100	$next_update_time = wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_version_check' );1101 1102	// Check if the event exists.1103	if ( false === $next_update_time ) {1104		$message = __( 'Automatic update not scheduled. There may be a problem with WP-Cron.' );1105	} else {1106		$time_to_next_update = human_time_diff( (int) $next_update_time );1107 1108		// See if cron is overdue.1109		$overdue = ( time() - $next_update_time ) > 0;1110 1111		if ( $overdue ) {1112			$message = sprintf(1113				/* translators: %s: Duration that WP-Cron has been overdue. */1114				__( 'Automatic update overdue by %s. There may be a problem with WP-Cron.' ),1115				$time_to_next_update1116			);1117		} else {1118			$message = sprintf(1119				/* translators: %s: Time until the next update. */1120				__( 'Automatic update scheduled in %s.' ),1121				$time_to_next_update1122			);1123		}1124	}1125 1126	return $message;1127}

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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