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apply_filters( 'pre_option', mixed $pre_option, string $option, mixed $default_value )

Since
6.1.0
Filters the value of any existing option before it is retrieved.

Description

Returning a value other than false from the filter will short-circuit retrieval and return that value instead.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.1.0
  • 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).

Parameters

$pre_optionmixed
The value to return instead of the option value. This differs from $default_value, which is used as the fallback value in the event the option doesn't exist elsewhere in get_option().
Default false (to skip past the short-circuit).
$optionstring
Name of the option.
$default_valuemixed
The fallback value to return if the option does not exist.
Default false.

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-includes/option.php:150get_option()

Source code

<?php	 *                              the option doesn't exist elsewhere in get_option().	 *                              Default false (to skip past the short-circuit).	 * @param string $option        Name of the option.	 * @param mixed  $default_value The fallback value to return if the option does not exist.	 *                              Default false.	 */	$pre = apply_filters( 'pre_option', $pre, $option, $default_value ); 	if ( false !== $pre ) {		return $pre;	} 	if ( defined( 'WP_SETUP_CONFIG' ) ) {

Changelog

Introduced in 6.1.0. 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

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