WPPaste

Search Wordpress Symbols

Search WordPress functions, hooks, classes and methods by name. Use this first when you know part of a name but not the exact one. Returns names, kinds and reference URLs.

Get Wordpress Symbol

Get the full signature, parameters, return value, availability and source location of one WordPress symbol. Use this before writing code that calls it, so the signature is correct for the version in question.

Get Wordpress Source

Read the actual WordPress source of a function or method, as parsed from the release tag.

Get Wordpress Cost Profile

How expensive a WordPress function or method is: whether it reaches the database, filesystem, network or object cache, how it scales with input, and its compiled instruction count on each PHP version (7.4 through 8.6). This performance data is measured from the real source and is unique to this reference. Use it to pick the cheaper of two equivalent calls, or to warn before putting a call in a loop.

Compare Wordpress Versions

Show what changed between two WordPress releases, or check which releases a symbol exists in. Use this for 'when was X added' and 'why does this work on one site but not another'.

List Sandbox Scenarios

List the pre-built WordPress environments a paste can run in. Call this before create_wordpress_paste so the example runs against real data (a stocked store, a large content set) instead of an empty site.

Get Playground Blueprint Schema

The WordPress Playground blueprint format this site builds and accepts: the skeleton, the step names that are permitted, the version and URL parameters, and what a paste already provides for you. Call this before hand-writing a blueprint or passing custom steps to create_playground_link.

Create Playground Link

Build a WordPress Playground URL that boots a real WordPress in the browser and runs a PHP snippet, or renders a whole site. Pass 'files' to write theme templates, stylesheets and JS, 'theme' to activate a theme, and view:'site' to open the rendered front end instead of the snippet's output. Returns a link the user can open immediately. Use create_wordpress_paste instead when it should be saved and shareable.

Create Wordpress Paste

Save a runnable WordPress example and get a shareable URL. The reader can press Run and execute it in a real WordPress in their browser. Pass 'files' to ship theme templates, stylesheets and JS alongside the snippet, 'theme' to activate a theme, and view:'site' so the link opens the rendered site instead of the snippet's output. Use this to hand someone a working, reproducible example, from a one-liner to a whole site.