current_filter()

Retrieves the name of the current filter hook.

Return

(string) Hook name of the current filter.

Source

File: wp-includes/plugin.php 

function current_filter() {
	global $wp_current_filter;

	return end( $wp_current_filter );
}

Used By

Used By Description
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Filters specific tags in post content and modifies their markup.
wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader.php: Language_Pack_Upgrader::bulk_upgrade()

Bulk upgrade language packs.
wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php: display_plugins_table()

Display plugin content based on plugin list.
wp-includes/formatting.php: capital_P_dangit()

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wp-includes/formatting.php: _make_url_clickable_cb()

Callback to convert URI match to HTML A element.
wp-includes/formatting.php: _make_web_ftp_clickable_cb()

Callback to convert URL match to HTML A element.
wp-includes/general-template.php: get_the_generator()

Creates the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
wp-includes/kses.php: wp_kses_data()

Sanitize content with allowed HTML KSES rules.
wp-includes/kses.php: wp_filter_kses()

Sanitize content with allowed HTML KSES rules.
wp-includes/query.php: is_main_query()

Determines whether the query is the main query.
wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php: wp_deregister_script()

Remove a registered script.
wp-includes/update.php: wp_update_plugins()

Checks for available updates to plugins based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp-includes/update.php: wp_update_themes()

Checks for available updates to themes based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp-includes/plugin.php: current_action()

Retrieves the name of the current action hook.
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php: WP_Customize_Widgets::capture_filter_pre_get_option()

Pre-filters captured option values before retrieving.

Changelog

Version Description
2.5.0 Introduced.

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