Hooks in wp-includes/meta.php

WP version: 4.5

Important! Some hooks get applied in multiple files. If you are trying to figure out what a specific hook does, you need to look in all the files that apply the hook. Click the "details" link next to any hook for more information.

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	Hook		Type	New?	File
1	added_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
2	add_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
3	add_{$meta_type}_metadata	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
4	deleted_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
5	deleted_{$meta_type}meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
6	deleted_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
7	deleted_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
8	delete_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
9	delete_{$meta_type}meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
10	delete_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
11	delete_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
12	delete_{$meta_type}_metadata	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
13	get_{$meta_type}_metadata	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
14	get_{$meta_type}_metadata	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
15	is_protected_meta		filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
16	sanitize_{$meta_type}_meta_{$meta_key}	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php
17	updated_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
18	updated_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
19	updated_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
20	updated_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
21	update_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
22	update_postmeta		action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
23	update_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
24	update_{$meta_type}_meta	note	action	no	wp-includes/meta.php
25	update_{$meta_type}_metadata	note	filter	no	wp-includes/meta.php

Important warning about variable hooks

Some hooks have variables in their names. For example, pre_${taxonomy}_$field and admin_head- both have variable names. In general, any hook that ends (or begins) with - or _, or contains a $, has a variable name. Since the syntax with which these variables are defined may change from version to version, this page may think that a hook is deprecated (or new) even if it is not. You can usually catch this sort of thing by comparing this hook to the list of "related hooks" below.