Glossary Index

Explore the glossary map Open a larger visual map of glossary categories and related terms without adding weight to the initial index load.
Showing 251–279 of 279 terms.
W
279 terms
wp_slash()
wp_slash(): Adds slashes to a string or recursively adds slashes to strings within an array.
wp_spaces_regexp()
wp_spaces_regexp(): Returns the regexp for common whitespace characters.
wp_sprintf_l()
wp_sprintf_l(): Localizes list items before the rest of the content.
wp_text_diff()
wp_text_diff(): Displays a human readable HTML representation of the difference between two strings.
wp_unslash()
wp_unslash(): Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.
wp_upload_dir()
wp_upload_dir(): Returns an array containing the current upload directory's path and URL.
wp_verify_nonce()
wp_verify_nonce(): Verifies that a correct security nonce was used with time limit.
wp_widget_rss_process()
wp_widget_rss_process(): Processes RSS feed widget data and optionally retrieve feed items.
Wrapper
In programming languages such as JavaScript, a wrapper is a function that is intended to call one or more other functions, sometimes purely for convenience, and sometimes adapting them to do a slightly different task in the process.
Write-Behind Cache
A cache that buffers accepted changes and writes them to persistent storage asynchronously.
Write-Through Cache
A caching pattern that synchronously writes changes to the backing store as part of the cache write operation.
Write Amplification
The ratio of physical or internal write work to the application's logical write volume.
Writes Follow Reads
A session guarantee that a write follows the earlier writes observed by that client's reads.
Write Skew
A concurrency anomaly where decisions from shared reads lead to conflicting updates on different records.
writing-mode
The writing-mode CSS property sets whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically, as well as the direction in which text flows.