do_action( 'init' )
Fires after WordPress has finished loading but before any headers are sent.
Description Description
Most of WP is loaded at this stage, and the user is authenticated. WP continues to load on the ‘init’ hook that follows (e.g. widgets), and many plugins instantiate themselves on it for all sorts of reasons (e.g. they need a user, a taxonomy, etc.).
If you wish to plug an action once WP is loaded, use the ‘wp_loaded’ hook below.
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Examples: Examples:
Use init to act on $_POST data:
add_action( 'init', 'process_post' );
function process_post() {
if( isset( $_POST['unique_hidden_field'] ) ) {
// process $_POST data here
}
}
Notes: Notes:
init is useful for intercepting $_GET or $_POST triggers.
load_plugin_textdomain calls should be made during init, otherwise users cannot hook into it.
If you wish to plug an action once WP is loaded, use the wp_loaded hook.
Source Source
File: wp-settings.php
Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
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This hook works almost like the
admin_inithook. The difference is theadmin_initfires on the initialization of admin screen or scripts and thisinithook fires on the initialization time of the whole WordPress script. Like-/** * Fire on the initialization of WordPress. */ function the_dramatist_fire_on_wp_initialization() { // Do stuff. Say we will echo "Fired on the WordPress initialization". echo 'Fired on the WordPress initialization'; } add_action( 'init', 'the_dramatist_fire_on_wp_initialization' );Now the above code will echo “Fired on the WordPress initialization” on initialization of WordPress.
Feedback
if ‘init’ hook is launched more than once by page in order to avoid to run same code twice you can add a check inside your ‘init’ action hook like that:
/* avoid running code twice */ if ( did_action( 'init' ) > 1 ) return false;— By capbussat —