wp-includes/post-template.php:413Retrieves the post excerpt.
$postint|WP_PostoptionalnullstringOne hook fires while get_the_excerpt() runs, in this order:
Filters the retrieved post excerpt.
function get_the_excerpt( $post = null ) { if ( is_bool( $post ) ) { _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.3.0' ); } $post = get_post( $post ); if ( empty( $post ) ) { return ''; } if ( post_password_required( $post ) ) { return __( 'There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.' ); } /** * Filters the retrieved post excerpt. * * @since 1.2.0 * @since 4.5.0 Introduced the `$post` parameter. * * @param string $post_excerpt The post excerpt. * @param WP_Post $post Post object. */ return apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt, $post );}Introduced in 4.5.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
$post retyped from int|WP_Post to int|WP_Post|null.verified against sourcesrc/wp-includes/post-template.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.