wp_get_word_count_type(): string
- Since
- 6.2.0
- Source
wp-includes/l10n.php:2062
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 6.2.0
- 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.
Return value
string- Locale-specific word count type. Possible values are
characters_excluding_spaces,characters_including_spaces, orwords. Defaults towords.
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_get_word_count_type() 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
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 4–6
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 3
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 7.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
3 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
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_word_count_type() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
!($wp_locale instanceof) | 4 | none |
$wp_locale instanceof | 6 | ->get_word_count_type() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 7 instructions, 4–6 executed per call, 1 branch. 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.
Used by · 3
- render_block_core_post_time_to_read()Renders the `core/post-time-to-read` block on the server.
- wp_just_in_time_script_localization()Loads localized data on print rather than initialization.
- wp_trim_words()Trims text to a certain number of words.
Source code
function wp_get_word_count_type() { global $wp_locale; if ( ! ( $wp_locale instanceof WP_Locale ) ) { // Default value of WP_Locale::get_word_count_type(). return 'words'; } return $wp_locale->get_word_count_type();}Changelog
Introduced in 6.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
About this page
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