apply_filters_deprecated() │ WP 4.6.0

Fires functions attached to a deprecated filter hook.

When a filter hook is deprecated, the apply_filters() call is replaced with apply_filters_deprecated(), which triggers a deprecation notice and then fires the original filter hook.

Note: the value and extra arguments passed to the original apply_filters() call must be passed here to $args as an array. For example:

// Old filter.
return apply_filters( 'wpdocs_filter', $value, $extra_arg );

// Deprecated.
return apply_filters_deprecated( 'wpdocs_filter', array( $value, $extra_arg ), '4.9.0', 'wpdocs_new_filter' );

Return

Mixed. The filtered value after all hooked functions are applied to it.

Usage

apply_filters_deprecated( $hook_name, $args, $version, $replacement, $message );

$hook_name(string) (required)

The name of the filter hook.

$args(array) (required)

Array of additional function arguments to be passed to apply_filters().

$version(string) (required)

The version of WordPress that deprecated the hook.

$replacement(string)

The hook that should have been used.
Default: ''

$message(string)

A message regarding the change.
Default: ''

Notes

• See: _deprecated_hook()

Changelog

apply_filters_deprecated() apply filters deprecated code ^{WP 6.3}

function apply_filters_deprecated( $hook_name, $args, $version, $replacement = '', $message = '' ) {
	if ( ! has_filter( $hook_name ) ) {
		return $args[0];
	}

	_deprecated_hook( $hook_name, $version, $replacement, $message );

	return apply_filters_ref_array( $hook_name, $args );
}