wp_old_slug_redirect()

Description

Compatibility

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_old_slug_redirect() 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

Heavy

Reaches the database via get_post().

Scaling

Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions

4–85

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 108.

Plugin surface

2 hooks

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

Called by

0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What it touches

• hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
• cacheobject cachewp_cache_get_last_changed()one call below wp_old_slug_redirect()
• querycontent queryget_post()one call below wp_old_slug_redirect()
• optionoption read or writeget_option()one call below wp_old_slug_redirect()

Further down the call graph this can also reach serialize 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 · 64 distinct outcomes

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

Hooks and filters fired · 2

2 hooks fire while wp_old_slug_redirect() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( old_slug_redirect_post_id )filterline 1113 (+38 into the body)

   Filters the old slug redirect post ID.

2. 2
   apply_filters( old_slug_redirect_url )filterline 1134 (+59 into the body)

   Filters the old slug redirect URL.

Uses · 11

• is_404()Determines whether the query has resulted in a 404 (returns no results).
• get_query_var()Retrieves the value of a query variable in the WP_Query class.
• is_post_type_hierarchical()Determines whether the post type is hierarchical.
• _find_post_by_old_slug()Find the post ID for redirecting an old slug.
• _find_post_by_old_date()Find the post ID for redirecting an old date.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
• get_permalink()Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.
• user_trailingslashit()Retrieves a trailing-slashed string if the site is set for adding trailing slashes.
• trailingslashit()Appends a trailing slash.
• is_embed()Is the query for an embedded post?
• wp_redirect()Redirects to another page.

Source code

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1075function wp_old_slug_redirect() {1076	if ( is_404() && '' !== get_query_var( 'name' ) ) {1077		// Guess the current post type based on the query vars.1078		if ( get_query_var( 'post_type' ) ) {1079			$post_type = get_query_var( 'post_type' );1080		} elseif ( get_query_var( 'attachment' ) ) {1081			$post_type = 'attachment';1082		} elseif ( get_query_var( 'pagename' ) ) {1083			$post_type = 'page';1084		} else {1085			$post_type = 'post';1086		}1087 1088		if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {1089			if ( count( $post_type ) > 1 ) {1090				return;1091			}1092			$post_type = reset( $post_type );1093		}1094 1095		// Do not attempt redirect for hierarchical post types.1096		if ( is_post_type_hierarchical( $post_type ) ) {1097			return;1098		}1099 1100		$id = _find_post_by_old_slug( $post_type );1101 1102		if ( ! $id ) {1103			$id = _find_post_by_old_date( $post_type );1104		}1105 1106		/**1107		 * Filters the old slug redirect post ID.1108		 *1109		 * @since 4.9.31110		 *1111		 * @param int $id The redirect post ID.1112		 */1113		$id = apply_filters( 'old_slug_redirect_post_id', $id );1114 1115		if ( ! $id ) {1116			return;1117		}1118 1119		$link = get_permalink( $id );1120 1121		if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) > 1 ) {1122			$link = user_trailingslashit( trailingslashit( $link ) . 'page/' . get_query_var( 'paged' ) );1123		} elseif ( is_embed() ) {1124			$link = user_trailingslashit( trailingslashit( $link ) . 'embed' );1125		}1126 1127		/**1128		 * Filters the old slug redirect URL.1129		 *1130		 * @since 4.4.01131		 *1132		 * @param string $link The redirect URL.1133		 */1134		$link = apply_filters( 'old_slug_redirect_url', $link );1135 1136		if ( ! $link ) {1137			return;1138		}1139 1140		wp_redirect( $link, 301 ); // Permanent redirect.1141		exit;1142	}1143}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.1.0. 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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