wp_get_theme( string $stylesheet = '', string $theme_root = '' )

Gets a WP_Theme object for a theme.

Parameters

$stylesheet

(string) (Optional) Directory name for the theme. Defaults to current theme.

Default value: ''

$theme_root

(string) (Optional) Absolute path of the theme root to look in. If not specified, get_raw_theme_root() is used to calculate the theme root for the $stylesheet provided (or current theme).

Default value: ''

Return

(WP_Theme) Theme object. Be sure to check the object's exists() method if you need to confirm the theme's existence.

Source

File: wp-includes/theme.php

function wp_get_theme( $stylesheet = '', $theme_root = '' ) {
	global $wp_theme_directories;

	if ( empty( $stylesheet ) ) {
		$stylesheet = get_stylesheet();
	}

	if ( empty( $theme_root ) ) {
		$theme_root = get_raw_theme_root( $stylesheet );
		if ( false === $theme_root ) {
			$theme_root = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/themes';
		} elseif ( ! in_array( $theme_root, (array) $wp_theme_directories, true ) ) {
			$theme_root = WP_CONTENT_DIR . $theme_root;
		}
	}

	return new WP_Theme( $stylesheet, $theme_root );
}

Changelog

Version Description
3.4.0 Introduced.

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