get_header_image_tag() │ WP 4.4.0

Create image tag markup for a custom header image.

Uses: get_post_meta(), wp_calculate_image_srcset(), wp_calculate_image_sizes()
Used By: get_custom_header_markup()
Hooks from the function

Return

String. HTML image element markup or empty string on failure.

Usage

get_header_image_tag( $attr );
$attr(array)
Additional attributes for the image tag. Can be used to override the default attributes.
Default: ''

Examples

0

#1 An example of the header image tag output 

$img = get_header_image_tag();
echo $img;

It will:

<img src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped.jpg" 
	width="954" height="1300" alt="Test Site"
	srcset="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped.jpg 954w, 
			http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-220x300.jpg 220w, 
			http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-768x1047.jpg 768w, 
			http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-751x1024.jpg 751w"
	sizes="(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px"
/>
0

#2 Let's specify the attributes

For example, let's specify alt and forbid the creation of the attribute srcset and in place of it sizes:

$img = get_header_image_tag( array(
	'srcset' => 'none',
	'alt' => 'header picture',
) );
echo $img;

We get it:

<img src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped.jpg" 
	width="954" height="1300" alt="header picture" srcset="none"
/>

Changelog

Since 4.4.0 Introduced.

get_header_image_tag() code WP 6.1.1

wp-includes/theme.php 
function get_header_image_tag( $attr = array() ) {
	$header      = get_custom_header();
	$header->url = get_header_image();

	if ( ! $header->url ) {
		return '';
	}

	$width  = absint( $header->width );
	$height = absint( $header->height );
	$alt    = '';

	// Use alternative text assigned to the image, if available. Otherwise, leave it empty.
	if ( ! empty( $header->attachment_id ) ) {
		$image_alt = get_post_meta( $header->attachment_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true );

		if ( is_string( $image_alt ) ) {
			$alt = $image_alt;
		}
	}

	$attr = wp_parse_args(
		$attr,
		array(
			'src'    => $header->url,
			'width'  => $width,
			'height' => $height,
			'alt'    => $alt,
		)
	);

	// Generate 'srcset' and 'sizes' if not already present.
	if ( empty( $attr['srcset'] ) && ! empty( $header->attachment_id ) ) {
		$image_meta = get_post_meta( $header->attachment_id, '_wp_attachment_metadata', true );
		$size_array = array( $width, $height );

		if ( is_array( $image_meta ) ) {
			$srcset = wp_calculate_image_srcset( $size_array, $header->url, $image_meta, $header->attachment_id );

			if ( ! empty( $attr['sizes'] ) ) {
				$sizes = $attr['sizes'];
			} else {
				$sizes = wp_calculate_image_sizes( $size_array, $header->url, $image_meta, $header->attachment_id );
			}

			if ( $srcset && $sizes ) {
				$attr['srcset'] = $srcset;
				$attr['sizes']  = $sizes;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the list of header image attributes.
	 *
	 * @since 5.9.0
	 *
	 * @param array  $attr   Array of the attributes for the image tag.
	 * @param object $header The custom header object returned by 'get_custom_header()'.
	 */
	$attr = apply_filters( 'get_header_image_tag_attributes', $attr, $header );

	$attr = array_map( 'esc_attr', $attr );
	$html = '<img';

	foreach ( $attr as $name => $value ) {
		$html .= ' ' . $name . '="' . $value . '"';
	}

	$html .= ' />';

	/**
	 * Filters the markup of header images.
	 *
	 * @since 4.4.0
	 *
	 * @param string $html   The HTML image tag markup being filtered.
	 * @param object $header The custom header object returned by 'get_custom_header()'.
	 * @param array  $attr   Array of the attributes for the image tag.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_header_image_tag', $html, $header, $attr );
}

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