WP_Query::get_search_stopwords() │ protected │ WP 3.7.0

Retrieves stopwords used when parsing search terms.

Method of the class: WP_Query{}

Return

String[]. Stopwords.

Usage

// protected - for code of main (parent) or child class
$result = $this->get_search_stopwords();

Changelog

WP_Query::get_search_stopwords() WP Query::get search stopwords code ^{WP 6.5.2}

protected function get_search_stopwords() {
	if ( isset( $this->stopwords ) ) {
		return $this->stopwords;
	}

	/*
	 * translators: This is a comma-separated list of very common words that should be excluded from a search,
	 * like a, an, and the. These are usually called "stopwords". You should not simply translate these individual
	 * words into your language. Instead, look for and provide commonly accepted stopwords in your language.
	 */
	$words = explode(
		',',
		_x(
			'about,an,are,as,at,be,by,com,for,from,how,in,is,it,of,on,or,that,the,this,to,was,what,when,where,who,will,with,www',
			'Comma-separated list of search stopwords in your language'
		)
	);

	$stopwords = array();
	foreach ( $words as $word ) {
		$word = trim( $word, "\r\n\t " );
		if ( $word ) {
			$stopwords[] = $word;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Filters stopwords used when parsing search terms.
	 *
	 * @since 3.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string[] $stopwords Array of stopwords.
	 */
	$this->stopwords = apply_filters( 'wp_search_stopwords', $stopwords );
	return $this->stopwords;
}