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There will be projects where you need to remove a static method’s callback from a 3rd party plugin. How do you find and remove it? You should never edit their code. Why? Because when they do updates, your changes will be overwritten. Instead, you need to find where the callback is registered, i.e. with a add_action or add_filter. Then, you need the class name. Lastly, you have to figure out the timing of when the callback is registered. Why? Because you can’t unregister it until it’s been registered. Doing it too early is a timing mistake and will cause wonky […]

Let’s talk about how to make a static method a callback in PHP. You will need this in order to understand the syntax and how it works when registering a static to a WordPress hook event.

Now that you know how to make an object’s method a callback, let’s apply it to registering a method to a WordPress event. You’ll look in WordPress Core where it is using call_user_func_array(). Therefore, the same syntax rules and approach applies for you register it to a specific event. You’ll see how the object’s method is registered and added to the WordPress Event Registry, which is stored in $wp_filter. You’ll see how the key for it includes the object’s ID plus the method name. You’ll see the array is used as $the_[‘function’].