wp_maybe_load_widgets()
- Since
- 2.2.0
- Source
wp-includes/functions.php:5425
Description
Checks to make sure that the widgets library hasn't already been loaded.
If it hasn't, then it will load the widgets library and run an action hook.
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 2.2.0
- 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.
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_maybe_load_widgets() 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
- 6–15
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 0
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 16.
Third-party callbacks on 'load_default_widgets' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly
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_maybe_load_widgets() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
!apply_filters() | 6 | apply_filters() |
apply_filters() | 15 | apply_filters(), add_action() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 16 instructions, 6–15 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.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while wp_maybe_load_widgets() runs, in this order:
- apply_filters( load_default_widgets )filterline 5437 (+12 into the body)
Filters whether to load the Widgets library.
Uses · 2
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
- add_action()Adds a callback function to an action hook.
Source code
function wp_maybe_load_widgets() { /** * Filters whether to load the Widgets library. * * Returning a falsey value from the filter will effectively short-circuit * the Widgets library from loading. * * @since 2.8.0 * * @param bool $wp_maybe_load_widgets Whether to load the Widgets library. * Default true. */ if ( ! apply_filters( 'load_default_widgets', true ) ) { return; } require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/default-widgets.php'; add_action( '_admin_menu', 'wp_widgets_add_menu' );}Changelog
Introduced in 2.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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