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is_rtl(): bool

Determines whether the current locale is right-to-left (RTL).

Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Return

bool Whether locale is RTL.

More Information

Deprecate get_bloginfo(‘text_direction’) in favor of is_rtl() in Version 3.0.

Source

File: wp-includes/l10n.php. View all references

function is_rtl() {
	global $wp_locale;
	if ( ! ( $wp_locale instanceof WP_Locale ) ) {
		return false;
	}
	return $wp_locale->is_rtl();
}

Uses

Uses Description
WP_Locale::is_rtl() wp-includes/class-wp-locale.php

Checks if current locale is RTL.

Used By

Used By Description
wp_enqueue_block_style() wp-includes/script-loader.php

Enqueues a stylesheet for a specific block.
get_default_block_editor_settings() wp-includes/block-editor.php

Returns the default block editor settings.
register_block_style_handle() wp-includes/blocks.php

Finds a style handle for the block metadata field. It detects when a path to file was provided and registers the style under automatically generated handle name. It returns unprocessed style handle otherwise.
WP_Sitemaps_Stylesheet::get_stylesheet_css() wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps-stylesheet.php

Gets the CSS to be included in sitemap XSL stylesheets.
_wp_die_process_input() wp-includes/functions.php

Processes arguments passed to wp_die() consistently for its handlers.
wp_common_block_scripts_and_styles() wp-includes/script-loader.php

Handles the enqueueing of block scripts and styles that are common to both the editor and the front-end.
_WP_Editors::print_default_editor_scripts() wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php

Print (output) all editor scripts and default settings.
WP_Customize_Site_Icon_Control::content_template() wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-site-icon-control.php

Renders a JS template for the content of the site icon control.
get_language_attributes() wp-includes/general-template.php

Gets the language attributes for the ‘html’ tag.
login_header() wp-login.php

Output the login page header.
display_header() wp-admin/install.php

Display installation header.
iframe_header() wp-admin/includes/template.php

Generic Iframe header for use with Thickbox.
wp_iframe() wp-admin/includes/media.php

Outputs the iframe to display the media upload page.
add_editor_style() wp-includes/theme.php

Adds callback for custom TinyMCE editor stylesheets.
register_admin_color_schemes() wp-includes/general-template.php

Registers the default admin color schemes.
wp_admin_css() wp-includes/general-template.php

Enqueues or directly prints a stylesheet link to the specified CSS file.
get_bloginfo() wp-includes/general-template.php

Retrieves information about the current site.
_mce_set_direction() wp-includes/functions.php

Sets the localized direction for MCE plugin.
get_body_class() wp-includes/post-template.php

Retrieves an array of the class names for the body element.
gallery_shortcode() wp-includes/media.php

Builds the Gallery shortcode output.
wp_default_styles() wp-includes/script-loader.php

Assigns default styles to $styles object.
_WP_Editors::wp_mce_translation() wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php

Translates the default TinyMCE strings and returns them as JSON encoded object ready to be loaded with tinymce.addI18n(), or as JS snippet that should run after tinymce.js is loaded.
wp_print_media_templates() wp-includes/media-template.php

Prints the templates used in the media manager.

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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