wp_print_script_tag( $attributes )
- Since
- 5.7.0
- Source
wp-includes/script-loader.php:2991
Description
It is possible to inject attributes in the <script> tag via the 'wp_script_attributes' filter.
Automatically injects type attribute if needed.
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 5.7.0
- 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.
Parameters
$attributes
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_print_script_tag() 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
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 2
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. The body compiles to 6.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below wp_print_script_tag()
What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_print_script_tag() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 6 | wp_get_script_tag() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 6 instructions, 6 executed per call, 0 branches. 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.
Uses · 1
- wp_get_script_tag()Formats `` loader tags.
Used by · 2
- WP_Script_Modules::print_script_module()Prints the enqueued script module using script tags with type="module" attributes.
- _print_scripts()Prints scripts (internal use only)
Source code
function wp_print_script_tag( $attributes ) { echo wp_get_script_tag( $attributes );}Changelog
Introduced in 5.7.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
$attributes retyped from array to untyped.verified against sourceAbout this page
- Parsed data
- Generated from the wordpress-develop 7.1.0 tag, from
src/wp-includes/script-loader.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it. - Corrections
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