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Function Reference/get option

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Description

A safe way of getting values for a named option from the options database table. If the desired option does not exist, or no value is associated with it, FALSE will be returned.

Usage

<?php echo get_option( $show, $default ); ?>

Parameters

$show

(string) (required) Name of the option to retrieve. A list of valid default options can be found at the Option Reference.

Default: None

$default

(mixed) (optional) The default value to return if no value is returned (ie. the option is not in the database).

Default: false

Return Values

Mixed values for the option.

Values

More information: Option_Reference

Examples

Show Blog Title

Displays your blog's title in a <h1> tag.

<h1><?php echo get_option('blogname'); ?></h1>

Show Character Set

Displays the character set your blog is using (ex: UTF-8)

<p>Character set: <?php echo get_option('blog_charset'); ?> </p>

Retrieve Administrator E-mail

Retrieve the e-mail of the blog administrator, storing it in a variable.

<?php $admin_email = get_option('admin_email'); ?>

Changelog

since 1.5.0

Source Code

get_option() is located in wp-includes/functions.php.