Formatting (category)

absint()

Convert a value to non-negative integer. Analog of abs( intval( $foo ) ).

add_magic_quotes()

Escape ', ", \ symbols in the elements of the array. Works with multidimensional arrays too.

antispambot()

Converts email addresses characters to HTML entities to stop spam-bots from parsing your email.

backslashit()

Adds backslashes before letters and before a number at the start of a string.

balanceTags()

Balances tags if forced to, or if the 'use_balanceTags' option is set to true.

capital_P_dangit()

Forever eliminate "Wordpress" from the planet (or at least the little bit we can influence).

convert_smilies()

Convert text equivalent of smilies to images.

ent2ncr()

Converts named entities into numbered entities. ’ becomes ’.

force_balance_tags()

Balances tags of string using a modified stack.

links_add_target()

Adds a Target attribute to all links in passed content.

make_clickable()

Convert plaintext URI to HTML links.

normalize_whitespace()

Normalize EOL characters and strip duplicate whitespace.

number_format_i18n()

Convert float number to format based on the locale.

remove_accents()

Converts all accent characters to ASCII characters.

set_url_scheme()

Sets the scheme for a URL.

shortcode_unautop()

Don't auto-p wrap shortcodes that stand alone

size_format()

Convert number of bytes largest unit bytes will fit into.

strip_fragment_from_url()

Strips the #fragment from a URL, if one is present.

trailingslashit()

Appends a trailing slash.

untrailingslashit()

Removes trailing forward slashes and backslashes if they exist.

url_shorten()

Shorten a URL, to be used as link text.

user_trailingslashit()

Adds or removes a trailing slash in the passed URL. It depends on the permalink structure.

utf8_uri_encode()

Encode the Unicode values to be used in the URI.

wp_convert_hr_to_bytes()

Converts a shorthand byte value to an integer byte value.

wp_html_excerpt()

Safely extracts not more than the first $count characters from HTML string.

wp_rel_nofollow()

Adds rel nofollow string to all HTML A elements in content.

wp_specialchars_decode()

Converts a number of HTML entities into their special characters.

wp_trim_words()

Trims text to a certain number of words.

wpautop()

Replaces double line-breaks with paragraph elements.

wptexturize()

Replaces some characters in specified text into formatted entities.

zeroise()

Add leading zeros when necessary.

Sanitizing, Escaping

esc_attr()

Escaping for HTML attributes. Converts <, >, &, ", ' characters to HTML entities. Does not make double escaping.

esc_html()

Escaping for HTML blocks. Converts <, >, &, ", ' characters to HTML entities.

esc_js()

Escapes string for save use in JavaScript. Escape single quotes, htmlspecialchar " < > &, and fix line endings.

esc_textarea()

Escaping text / string for use in html textarea tag.

esc_url()

Cleans the URL for use in text, changes the wrong and removes the dangerous characters.

esc_url_raw()

Cleans URL for use in database query, redirects, and HTTP requests. Not cleans for a safe display.

sanitize_email()

Strips out all characters that are not allowable in an email.

sanitize_file_name()

Sanitizes a filename, replacing whitespace with dashes.

sanitize_html_class()

Sanitizes an HTML classname to ensure it only contains valid characters.

sanitize_option()

Sanitises various option values based on the nature of the option.

sanitize_post_field()

Sanitize post field based on context.

sanitize_text_field()

Sanitizes the passed string leaving clean text: without HTML tags, line breaks, etc.

sanitize_textarea_field()

Sanitizes a multiline string from user input or from the database.

sanitize_title()

Sanitize the passed string (title) to use it as a slug (post_name). Or returns a fallback title.

sanitize_title_with_dashes()

Sanitizes a title, replacing whitespace and a few other characters with dashes.

tag_escape()

Escape an HTML tag name.

validate_file()

Validates a file name and path against an allowed set of rules.

wp_check_invalid_utf8()

Checks for invalid UTF8 in a string.

wp_filter_kses()

Sanitize content with allowed HTML Kses rules.

wp_filter_nohtml_kses()

Strips all of the HTML tags in the given content. Receives a slashed string (content). Returns the cleared content.

wp_filter_post_kses()

Sanitize content for allowed HTML tags for post content.

wp_kses()

Filters content and keeps only allowable HTML tags, their attributes, and attributes values.

wp_kses_data()

Sanitize content with allowed HTML Kses rules.

wp_strip_all_tags()

Removes all HTML tags from passed content. Script/Style tags removed with their content.

wp_targeted_link_rel()

Adds rel noreferrer and noopener to all HTML A elements that have a target.