Action hooks that trigger on, before or after add, update or delete actions of option - WordPress

If we need to debug add, update or delete actions on the wp_options table, we can use below hooks.

add_option

Fires before an option is added.

add_action('add_option', function( $option_name, $option_value ) {
	//....
}, 10, 2);

add_option_{$option}

Fires after a specific option has been added.

add_action('add_option_foo', function( $option_name, $option_value ) {
	 //....
}, 10, 2);

added_option

Fires after an option has been added.

add_action('added_option', function( $option_name, $option_value ) {
		 //....
}, 10, 2);

update_option

Fires immediately before an option value is updated.

add_action('update_option', function( $option_name, $old_value, $new_value ) {
	//....
}, 10, 3);

update_option_{$option}

FFires after the value of a specific option has been successfully updated.

add_action('update_option_foo', function( $option_name, $old_value, $new_value ) {
	 //....
}, 10, 3);

updateed_option

Fires after an option has been successfully updated.

add_action('updated_option', function( $option_name, $old_value, $new_value ) {
		 //....
}, 10, 3);

delete_option

Fires immediately before an option is deleted.

add_action('delete_option', function( $option_name ) {
		 //....
}, 10);

delete_option{$option}

Fires after a specific option has been deleted.

add_action('delete_option_foo', function( $option_name ) {
	 //....
}, 10);

deleted_option

Fires after an option has been deleted.

add_action('deleted_option', function( $option_name ) {
		 //....
}, 10);

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This article was published on March 7, 2020

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