wp-admin/includes/misc.php:339Updates the "recently-edited" file for the plugin or theme file editor.
$filestringfunction update_recently_edited( $file ) { $oldfiles = (array) get_option( 'recently_edited' ); if ( $oldfiles ) { $oldfiles = array_reverse( $oldfiles ); $oldfiles[] = $file; $oldfiles = array_reverse( $oldfiles ); $oldfiles = array_unique( $oldfiles ); if ( 5 < count( $oldfiles ) ) { array_pop( $oldfiles ); } } else { $oldfiles[] = $file; } update_option( 'recently_edited', $oldfiles );}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.