wp-includes/theme.php:1220Retrieves header image for custom header.
string|falseOne hook fires while get_header_image() runs, in this order:
function get_header_image() { $url = get_theme_mod( 'header_image', get_theme_support( 'custom-header', 'default-image' ) ); if ( 'remove-header' === $url ) { return false; } if ( is_random_header_image() ) { $url = get_random_header_image(); } /** * Filters the header image URL. * * @since 6.1.0 * * @param string $url Header image URL. */ $url = apply_filters( 'get_header_image', $url ); if ( ! is_string( $url ) ) { return false; } $url = trim( $url ); return sanitize_url( set_url_scheme( $url ) );}Introduced in 2.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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