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WordPress Functions Reference
Essential Functions Every PHP Developer Should Know
Core WordPress Functions
Basic Info
get_bloginfo()
home_url()
site_url()
admin_url()
wp_get_theme()
get_template_directory()
get_stylesheet_directory()
Content Functions
the_content()
get_the_content()
the_title()
get_the_title()
the_excerpt()
get_the_excerpt()
the_permalink()
get_permalink()
Loop Functions
have_posts()
the_post()
wp_reset_postdata()
wp_reset_query()
rewind_posts()
Database Functions
Query Functions
get_posts()
wp_query()
get_post()
get_page()
get_post_meta()
update_post_meta()
delete_post_meta()
add_post_meta()
User Functions
get_users()
get_user_by()
get_current_user_id()
wp_get_current_user()
get_user_meta()
update_user_meta()
is_user_logged_in()
Options API
get_option()
update_option()
add_option()
delete_option()
get_site_option()
update_site_option()
Hooks & Filters
Action Hooks
add_action()
remove_action()
do_action()
has_action()
wp_head
wp_footer
init
wp_enqueue_scripts
Filter Hooks
add_filter()
remove_filter()
apply_filters()
has_filter()
the_content
the_title
wp_nav_menu_items
Common Hooks
wp_loaded
template_redirect
wp_ajax_
wp_ajax_nopriv_
save_post
pre_get_posts
Security Functions
Sanitization
sanitize_text_field()
sanitize_email()
sanitize_url()
sanitize_title()
wp_kses()
wp_kses_post()
esc_html()
esc_attr()
Validation
wp_verify_nonce()
wp_create_nonce()
check_admin_referer()
current_user_can()
is_admin()
wp_die()
Escaping
esc_url()
esc_js()
esc_sql()
esc_textarea()
wp_strip_all_tags()
Theme Functions
Template Functions
get_header()
get_footer()
get_sidebar()
get_template_part()
locate_template()
load_template()
Enqueue Functions
wp_enqueue_style()
wp_enqueue_script()
wp_register_style()
wp_register_script()
wp_dequeue_style()
wp_dequeue_script()
Theme Support
add_theme_support()
remove_theme_support()
current_theme_supports()
register_nav_menus()
wp_nav_menu()
Utility Functions
Conditional Tags
is_home()
is_front_page()
is_single()
is_page()
is_category()
is_tag()
is_archive()
is_search()
Date & Time
current_time()
get_the_date()
get_the_time()
human_time_diff()
wp_date()
Media Functions
wp_get_attachment_image()
wp_get_attachment_url()
get_the_post_thumbnail()
has_post_thumbnail()
wp_insert_attachment()
Debugging
wp_debug_log()
error_log()
var_dump()
print_r()
wp_die()
