_post_states( WP_Post $post, bool $display = true ): string

2254function _post_states( $post, $display = true ) {2255	$post_states      = get_post_states( $post );2256	$post_states_html = '';2257 2258	if ( ! empty( $post_states ) ) {2259		$state_count = count( $post_states );2260		$separator   = wp_get_list_item_separator();2261 2262		$i = 0;2263 2264		$post_states_html .= ' &mdash; ';2265 2266		foreach ( $post_states as $state ) {2267			++$i;2268 2269			$suffix = ( $i < $state_count ) ? $separator : '';2270 2271			$post_states_html .= "<span class='post-state'>{$state}{$suffix}</span>";2272		}2273	}2274 2275	/**2276	 * Filters the HTML string of post states.2277	 *2278	 * @since 6.9.02279	 *2280	 * @param string                 $post_states_html All relevant post states combined into an HTML string for display.2281	 *                                                 E.g. `&mdash; <span class='post-state'>Draft, </span><span class='post-state'>Sticky</span>`.2282	 * @param array<string, string>  $post_states      A mapping of post state slugs to translated post state labels.2283	 *                                                 E.g. `array( 'draft' => __( 'Draft' ), 'sticky' => __( 'Sticky' ), ... )`.2284	 * @param WP_Post                $post             The current post object.2285	 */2286	$post_states_html = apply_filters( 'post_states_html', $post_states_html, $post_states, $post );2287 2288	if ( $display ) {2289		echo $post_states_html;2290	}2291 2292	return $post_states_html;2293}