get_bloginfo( string $show = '', string $filter = 'raw' )

Retrieves information about the current site.


Description

Possible values for $show include:

  • ‘name’ – Site title (set in Settings > General)
  • ‘description’ – Site tagline (set in Settings > General)
  • ‘wpurl’ – The ClassicPress address (URL) (set in Settings > General)
  • ‘url’ – The Site address (URL) (set in Settings > General)
  • ‘admin_email’ – Admin email (set in Settings > General)
  • ‘charset’ – The "Encoding for pages and feeds" (set in Settings > Reading)
  • ‘version’ – A WordPress-style version number that can be used for compatibility checks
  • ‘html_type’ – The content-type (default: "text/html"). Themes and plugins can override the default value using the ‘pre_option_html_type’ filter
  • ‘text_direction’ – The text direction determined by the site’s language. is_rtl() should be used instead
  • ‘language’ – Language code for the current site
  • ‘stylesheet_url’ – URL to the stylesheet for the active theme. An active child theme will take precedence over this value
  • ‘stylesheet_directory’ – Directory path for the active theme. An active child theme will take precedence over this value
  • ‘template_url’ / ‘template_directory’ – URL of the active theme’s directory. An active child theme will NOT take precedence over this value
  • ‘pingback_url’ – The pingback XML-RPC file URL (xmlrpc.php)
  • ‘atom_url’ – The Atom feed URL (/feed/atom)
  • ‘rdf_url’ – The RDF/RSS 1.0 feed URL (/feed/rfd)
  • ‘rss_url’ – The RSS 0.92 feed URL (/feed/rss)
  • ‘rss2_url’ – The RSS 2.0 feed URL (/feed)
  • ‘comments_atom_url’ – The comments Atom feed URL (/comments/feed)
  • ‘comments_rss2_url’ – The comments RSS 2.0 feed URL (/comments/feed)

Some $show values are deprecated and will be removed in future versions. These options will trigger the _deprecated_argument() function.

Deprecated arguments include:

  • ‘siteurl’ – Use ‘url’ instead
  • ‘home’ – Use ‘url’ instead

Parameters

$show

(Optional) Site info to retrieve. Default empty (site name).

Default value: ''

$filter

(Optional) How to filter what is retrieved. Default 'raw'.

Default value: 'raw'


Return

(string) Mostly string values, might be empty.


Source

File: wp-includes/general-template.php

function get_bloginfo( $show = '', $filter = 'raw' ) {
	switch( $show ) {
		case 'home' : // DEPRECATED
		case 'siteurl' : // DEPRECATED
			_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, 'WP-2.2.0', sprintf(
				/* translators: 1: 'siteurl'/'home' argument, 2: bloginfo() function name, 3: 'url' argument */
				__( 'The %1$s option is deprecated for the family of %2$s functions. Use the %3$s option instead.' ),
				'<code>' . $show . '</code>',
				'<code>bloginfo()</code>',
				'<code>url</code>'
			) );
		case 'url' :
			$output = home_url();
			break;
		case 'wpurl' :
			$output = site_url();
			break;
		case 'description':
			$output = get_option('blogdescription');
			break;
		case 'rdf_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('rdf');
			break;
		case 'rss_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('rss');
			break;
		case 'rss2_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('rss2');
			break;
		case 'atom_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('atom');
			break;
		case 'comments_atom_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('comments_atom');
			break;
		case 'comments_rss2_url':
			$output = get_feed_link('comments_rss2');
			break;
		case 'pingback_url':
			$output = site_url( 'xmlrpc.php' );
			break;
		case 'stylesheet_url':
			$output = get_stylesheet_uri();
			break;
		case 'stylesheet_directory':
			$output = get_stylesheet_directory_uri();
			break;
		case 'template_directory':
		case 'template_url':
			$output = get_template_directory_uri();
			break;
		case 'admin_email':
			$output = get_option('admin_email');
			break;
		case 'charset':
			$output = get_option('blog_charset');
			if ('' == $output) $output = 'UTF-8';
			break;
		case 'html_type' :
			$output = get_option('html_type');
			break;
		case 'version':
			global $wp_version;
			$output = $wp_version;
			break;
		case 'language':
			/* translators: Translate this to the correct language tag for your locale,
			 * see https://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ for reference.
			 * Do not translate into your own language.
			 */
			$output = __( 'html_lang_attribute' );
			if ( 'html_lang_attribute' === $output || preg_match( '/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/', $output ) ) {
				$output = is_admin() ? get_user_locale() : get_locale();
				$output = str_replace( '_', '-', $output );
			}
			break;
		case 'text_direction':
			_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, 'WP-2.2.0', sprintf(
				/* translators: 1: 'text_direction' argument, 2: bloginfo() function name, 3: is_rtl() function name */
				__( 'The %1$s option is deprecated for the family of %2$s functions. Use the %3$s function instead.' ),
				'<code>' . $show . '</code>',
				'<code>bloginfo()</code>',
				'<code>is_rtl()</code>'
			) );
			if ( function_exists( 'is_rtl' ) ) {
				$output = is_rtl() ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
			} else {
				$output = 'ltr';
			}
			break;
		case 'name':
		default:
			$output = get_option('blogname');
			break;
	}

	$url = true;
	if (strpos($show, 'url') === false &&
		strpos($show, 'directory') === false &&
		strpos($show, 'home') === false)
		$url = false;

	if ( 'display' == $filter ) {
		if ( $url ) {
			/**
			 * Filters the URL returned by get_bloginfo().
			 *
			 * @since WP-2.0.5
			 *
			 * @param mixed $output The URL returned by bloginfo().
			 * @param mixed $show   Type of information requested.
			 */
			$output = apply_filters( 'bloginfo_url', $output, $show );
		} else {
			/**
			 * Filters the site information returned by get_bloginfo().
			 *
			 * @since WP-0.71
			 *
			 * @param mixed $output The requested non-URL site information.
			 * @param mixed $show   Type of information requested.
			 */
			$output = apply_filters( 'bloginfo', $output, $show );
		}
	}

	return $output;
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-0.71 Introduced.