get_preferred_from_update_core

Selects the first update version from the update_core option.

Description

(object|array|false) get_preferred_from_update_core();

Returns (object|array|false)

The response from the API on success, false on failure.

Usage

if ( !function_exists( 'get_preferred_from_update_core' ) ) { 
    require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/update.php'; 
} 
 
  
// NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
$result = get_preferred_from_update_core();

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-admin/includes/update.php

function get_preferred_from_update_core() { 
    $updates = get_core_updates(); 
    if ( ! is_array( $updates ) ) 
        return false; 
    if ( empty( $updates ) ) 
        return (object) array( 'response' => 'latest' ); 
    return $updates[0]; 
}