wp-includes/class-wp-query.php:3967Retrieves the currently queried object.
WP_Term|WP_Post_Type|WP_Post|WP_User|null public function get_queried_object() { if ( isset( $this->queried_object ) ) { return $this->queried_object; } $this->queried_object = null; $this->queried_object_id = null; if ( $this->is_category || $this->is_tag || $this->is_tax ) { if ( $this->is_category ) { $cat = $this->get( 'cat' ); $category_name = $this->get( 'category_name' ); if ( $cat ) { $term = get_term( $cat, 'category' ); } elseif ( $category_name ) { $term = get_term_by( 'slug', $category_name, 'category' ); } } elseif ( $this->is_tag ) { $tag_id = $this->get( 'tag_id' ); $tag = $this->get( 'tag' ); if ( $tag_id ) { $term = get_term( $tag_id, 'post_tag' ); } elseif ( $tag ) { $term = get_term_by( 'slug', $tag, 'post_tag' ); } } else { // For other tax queries, grab the first term from the first clause. if ( ! empty( $this->tax_query->queried_terms ) ) { $queried_taxonomies = array_keys( $this->tax_query->queried_terms ); $matched_taxonomy = reset( $queried_taxonomies ); $query = $this->tax_query->queried_terms[ $matched_taxonomy ]; if ( ! empty( $query['terms'] ) ) { if ( 'term_id' === $query['field'] ) { $term = get_term( reset( $query['terms'] ), $matched_taxonomy ); } else { $term = get_term_by( $query['field'], reset( $query['terms'] ), $matched_taxonomy ); } } } } if ( ! empty( $term ) && ! is_wp_error( $term ) ) { $this->queried_object = $term; $this->queried_object_id = (int) $term->term_id; if ( $this->is_category && 'category' === $this->queried_object->taxonomy ) { _make_cat_compat( $this->queried_object ); } } } elseif ( $this->is_post_type_archive ) { $post_type = $this->get( 'post_type' ); if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) { $post_type = reset( $post_type ); } $this->queried_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type ); } elseif ( $this->is_posts_page ) { $page_for_posts = get_option( 'page_for_posts' ); $this->queried_object = get_post( $page_for_posts ); $this->queried_object_id = (int) $this->queried_object->ID; } elseif ( $this->is_singular && ! empty( $this->post ) ) { $this->queried_object = $this->post; $this->queried_object_id = (int) $this->post->ID; } elseif ( $this->is_author ) { $author = (int) $this->get( 'author' ); $author_name = $this->get( 'author_name' ); if ( $author ) { $this->queried_object_id = $author; } elseif ( $author_name ) { $user = get_user_by( 'slug', $author_name ); if ( $user ) { $this->queried_object_id = $user->ID; }Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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