Easily Learn WordPress Functions Using Inbuilt Documentation Lookup

By Arun Basil Lal — on February 24, 2010 — 5 Comments ↓

WordPress comes with many easy-to-use functions which are called into the themes where ever needed. How do you know the purpose of a function?

You can Google it and find the details or, you can also use the WordPress Theme Editor.

Documentation Lookup in Theme Editor

Navigate to Appearance > Editor on your WordPress Dashboard. Theme editor loads the style sheet of the currently active theme.

From the Right sidebar that lists all the files of the theme, choose the file that contains the function you want to learn more about.

WordPress Theme Functions Lookup - Click For Full View

Now right below the editor a drop down list called Documentation lists all the functions used in the PHP file. Select the function and click Lookup. This will bring up the documentation.

Hope this comes handy somewhere in your development process.

Related: Complete List of WordPress Functions.

Hello, I am Arun Basil Lal. Thank you for reading!

I am a WordPress product developer and creator of Image Attributes Pro. I am passionate about solving problems and travelling the world.

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5 Comments.

1. Sriraj says:

   February 25, 2010 at 09:08

   Arun,
   You are posting more frequently these day but the depth in the articles you wrote previously (when an article used to hit my reader once in 3-4 days) is not to be seen these days.
   I can understand the situation though.
   I’m leaving tomorrow, yay..

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   • Arun Basil Lal says:

     February 25, 2010 at 18:45

     I am on a mission to see if I can update once a day. Depth wise, hmm, I have had longer posts in the series.
     Have a great trip, cameras ready, have fun 🙂

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2. Rathnakumar says:

   February 25, 2010 at 22:13

   Really i found some useful tips here thanks for sharing 🙂

   Reply
   • Arun Basil Lal says:

     February 25, 2010 at 22:39

     Thanks for letting me know Rathna, glad here 🙂

     Reply
3. coffeebreak says:

   November 2, 2011 at 11:56

   Really informative post. Looking forward to reading more about wordpress.

   Reply