apply_filters( "get_{$meta_type}_metadata", mixed $value, int $object_id, string $meta_key, bool $single, string $meta_type )
- Since
- 3.1.0, 5.5.0
Short-circuits the return value of a meta field.
Description
The dynamic portion of the hook name,
$meta_type, refers to the meta object type (post, comment, term, user, or any other type with an associated meta table).Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit the function. Possible filter names include: <ul> <li>get_post_metadata</li> <li>get_comment_metadata</li> <li>get_term_metadata</li> <li>get_user_metadata</li> </ul>Parameters
$valuemixed- The value to return, either a single metadata value or an array of values depending on the value of
$single. Default null. $object_idint- ID of the object metadata is for.
$meta_keystring- Metadata key.
$singlebool- Whether to return only the first value of the specified
$meta_key. $meta_typestring- Type of object metadata is for. Accepts 'post', 'comment', 'term', 'user', or any other object type with an associated meta table.
Fired at · 2
wp-includes/meta.php:636get_metadata_raw()wp-includes/meta.php:749metadata_exists()
Source
* @param int $object_id ID of the object metadata is for. * @param string $meta_key Metadata key. * @param bool $single Whether to return only the first value of the specified `$meta_key`. * @param string $meta_type Type of object metadata is for. Accepts 'post', 'comment', 'term', 'user', * or any other object type with an associated meta table. */ $check = apply_filters( "get_{$meta_type}_metadata", null, $object_id, $meta_key, $single, $meta_type ); if ( null !== $check ) { if ( $single && is_array( $check ) ) { return $check[0]; } else { return $check; }History
Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
5.5.0
Added the
$meta_type parameter.from the docblock3.1.0
Introduced.from the docblock
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