get_option

It is available to you in WordPress since 1.5.0.

Syntax

mixed get_option ( 
	string $option_name,
	mixed $default_value = false
);

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Description

This WordPress function retrieves the specified option from the database (or cache). Options are stored in the options database table. The function queries the database by the option_name column looking for the specific name you passed into it. If the option exists, then it returns the value from the option_value column in the database; else the default value is returned.

Parameters

option_name

Name of the option to be retrieved from the database (or cache). The format is lowercase only and words separated by underscores (_), e.g. admin_email.

default_value

optional The default value you want returned if the option does not exist in the database.

Return Values

Returns the option’s value (from the option_value column in the database), if the option exists; else you get back the default value.