This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

WP_Theme::sanitize_header( string $header, string $value )

Sanitize a theme header.


Parameters

$header

(string) (Required) Theme header. Name, Description, Author, Version, ThemeURI, AuthorURI, Status, Tags.

$value

(string) (Required) Value to sanitize.


Return

(mixed)


Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php

	private function sanitize_header( $header, $value ) {
		switch ( $header ) {
			case 'Status' :
				if ( ! $value ) {
					$value = 'publish';
					break;
				}
				// Fall through otherwise.
			case 'Name' :
				static $header_tags = array(
					'abbr'    => array( 'title' => true ),
					'acronym' => array( 'title' => true ),
					'code'    => true,
					'em'      => true,
					'strong'  => true,
				);
				$value = wp_kses( $value, $header_tags );
				break;
			case 'Author' :
				// There shouldn't be anchor tags in Author, but some themes like to be challenging.
			case 'Description' :
				static $header_tags_with_a = array(
					'a'       => array( 'href' => true, 'title' => true ),
					'abbr'    => array( 'title' => true ),
					'acronym' => array( 'title' => true ),
					'code'    => true,
					'em'      => true,
					'strong'  => true,
				);
				$value = wp_kses( $value, $header_tags_with_a );
				break;
			case 'ThemeURI' :
			case 'AuthorURI' :
				$value = esc_url_raw( $value );
				break;
			case 'Tags' :
				$value = array_filter( array_map( 'trim', explode( ',', strip_tags( $value ) ) ) );
				break;
			case 'Version' :
				$value = strip_tags( $value );
				break;
		}

		return $value;
	}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-3.4.0 Introduced.