Description
It is possible for a theme to override the Themes API result with three filters. Assume this is for themes, which can extend on the Theme Info to offer more choices. This is very powerful and must be used with care, when overriding the filters.
The first filter, ‘themes_api_args’, is for the args and gives the action as the second parameter. The hook for ‘themes_api_args’ must ensure that an object is returned.
The second filter, ‘themes_api’, allows a plugin to override the WordPress.org Theme API entirely. If $action
is ‘query_themes’, ‘theme_information’, or ‘feature_list’, an object MUST be passed. If $action
is ‘hot_tags’, an array should be passed.
Finally, the third filter, ‘themes_api_result’, makes it possible to filter the response object or array, depending on the $action
type.
Supported arguments per action:
Argument Name | ‘query_themes’ | ‘theme_information’ | ‘hot_tags’ | ‘feature_list’ |
$slug | No | Yes | No | No |
$per_page | Yes | No | No | No |
$page | Yes | No | No | No |
$number | No | No | Yes | No |
$search | Yes | No | No | No |
$tag | Yes | No | No | No |
$author | Yes | No | No | No |
$user | Yes | No | No | No |
$browse | Yes | No | No | No |
$locale | Yes | Yes | No | No |
$fields | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Source
File: wp-admin/includes/theme.php
function themes_api( $action, $args = array() ) {
// Include an unmodified $wp_version.
require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';
if ( is_array( $args ) ) {
$args = (object) $args;
}
if ( 'query_themes' === $action ) {
if ( ! isset( $args->per_page ) ) {
$args->per_page = 24;
}
}
if ( ! isset( $args->locale ) ) {
$args->locale = get_user_locale();
}
if ( ! isset( $args->wp_version ) ) {
$args->wp_version = substr( $wp_version, 0, 3 ); // x.y
}
/**
* Filters arguments used to query for installer pages from the WordPress.org Themes API.
*
* Important: An object MUST be returned to this filter.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param object $args Arguments used to query for installer pages from the WordPress.org Themes API.
* @param string $action Requested action. Likely values are 'theme_information',
* 'feature_list', or 'query_themes'.
*/
$args = apply_filters( 'themes_api_args', $args, $action );
/**
* Filters whether to override the WordPress.org Themes API.
*
* Passing a non-false value will effectively short-circuit the WordPress.org API request.
*
* If `$action` is 'query_themes', 'theme_information', or 'feature_list', an object MUST
* be passed. If `$action` is 'hot_tags', an array should be passed.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param false|object|array $override Whether to override the WordPress.org Themes API. Default false.
* @param string $action Requested action. Likely values are 'theme_information',
* 'feature_list', or 'query_themes'.
* @param object $args Arguments used to query for installer pages from the Themes API.
*/
$res = apply_filters( 'themes_api', false, $action, $args );
if ( ! $res ) {
$url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.2/';
$url = add_query_arg(
array(
'action' => $action,
'request' => $args,
),
$url
);
$http_url = $url;
$ssl = wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) );
if ( $ssl ) {
$url = set_url_scheme( $url, 'https' );
}
$http_args = array(
'user-agent' => 'WordPress/' . $wp_version . '; ' . home_url( '/' ),
);
$request = wp_remote_get( $url, $http_args );
if ( $ssl && is_wp_error( $request ) ) {
if ( ! wp_doing_ajax() ) {
trigger_error(
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Support forums URL. */
__( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="%s">support forums</a>.' ),
__( 'https://wordpress.org/support/forums/' )
) . ' ' . __( '(WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.)' ),
headers_sent() || WP_DEBUG ? E_USER_WARNING : E_USER_NOTICE
);
}
$request = wp_remote_get( $http_url, $http_args );
}
if ( is_wp_error( $request ) ) {
$res = new WP_Error(
'themes_api_failed',
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Support forums URL. */
__( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="%s">support forums</a>.' ),
__( 'https://wordpress.org/support/forums/' )
),
$request->get_error_message()
);
} else {
$res = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ), true );
if ( is_array( $res ) ) {
// Object casting is required in order to match the info/1.0 format.
$res = (object) $res;
} elseif ( null === $res ) {
$res = new WP_Error(
'themes_api_failed',
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Support forums URL. */
__( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="%s">support forums</a>.' ),
__( 'https://wordpress.org/support/forums/' )
),
wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request )
);
}
if ( isset( $res->error ) ) {
$res = new WP_Error( 'themes_api_failed', $res->error );
}
}
// Back-compat for info/1.2 API, upgrade the theme objects in query_themes to objects.
if ( 'query_themes' === $action ) {
foreach ( $res->themes as $i => $theme ) {
$res->themes[ $i ] = (object) $theme;
}
}
// Back-compat for info/1.2 API, downgrade the feature_list result back to an array.
if ( 'feature_list' === $action ) {
$res = (array) $res;
}
}
/**
* Filters the returned WordPress.org Themes API response.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param array|object|WP_Error $res WordPress.org Themes API response.
* @param string $action Requested action. Likely values are 'theme_information',
* 'feature_list', or 'query_themes'.
* @param object $args Arguments used to query for installer pages from the WordPress.org Themes API.
*/
return apply_filters( 'themes_api_result', $res, $action, $args );
}