wp_get_global_settings( array $path = array(), array $context = array() ): mixed

Compatibility

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

Parameters

$patharrayoptional

Path to the specific setting to retrieve. Optional.
If empty, will return all settings.Default: array()

$contextarrayoptional

Metadata to know where to retrieve the $path from. Optional.Default: array()

• $block_namestring

  Which block to retrieve the settings from. If empty, it'll return the settings for the global context.

• $originstring

  Which origin to take data from. Valid values are 'all' (core, theme, and user) or 'base' (core and theme). If empty or unknown, 'all' is used.

Return value

mixed

The settings array or individual setting value to retrieve.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_get_global_settings() 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

Only touches the object cache, via wp_cache_get().

Scaling

Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.

Instructions

23–52

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 55.

Plugin surface

None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by

12

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

What it touches

• cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()called directly

What one call costs · 6 distinct outcomes

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

Uses · 6

• wp_is_development_mode()Checks whether the site is in the given development mode.
• wp_cache_get()Retrieves the cache contents from the cache by key and group.
• wp_cache_set()Saves the data to the cache.
• _wp_array_get()Accesses an array in depth based on a path of keys.
• WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_merged_data($origin)::get_settings()
• WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_merged_data()Returns the data merged from multiple origins.

Used by · 12

• WP_Duotone::get_all_global_styles_presets()Scrape all possible duotone presets from global and theme styles and store them in self::$global_styles_presets.
• WP_Font_Face_Resolver::get_fonts_from_theme_json()Gets fonts defined in theme.json.
• block_core_gallery_render()Renders the `core/gallery` block on the server.
• block_core_image_get_lightbox_settings()Adds the lightboxEnabled flag to the block data.
• block_core_navigation_add_support_classes_to_container()Adds Navigation block support classes to inner list containers.
• get_block_editor_settings()Returns the contextualized block editor settings for a selected editor context.
• render_block_core_button()Renders the `core/button` block on the server,
• wp_get_typography_font_size_value()Returns a font-size value based on a given font-size preset.
• wp_render_block_states_support()Renders per-instance state styles on the frontend.
• wp_render_block_visibility_support()Render nothing if the block is hidden, or add viewport visibility styles.
• wp_render_layout_support_flag()Renders the layout config to the block wrapper.
• wp_render_position_support()Renders position styles to the block wrapper.

Changelog

Introduced in 5.9.0. 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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