did_action() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the number of times an action has been fired during the current request.

Parameters

$hook_namestringrequired: The name of the action hook.

Return

int The number of times the action hook has been fired.

Source

function did_action( $hook_name ) {	global $wp_actions;	if ( ! isset( $wp_actions[ $hook_name ] ) ) {	return 0;	}	return $wp_actions[ $hook_name ]; }

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Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Codex 10 years ago

Example

Using did_action() function to make sure custom meta field is only added during the first run since it can run multiple times.

function my_sticky_option() {	global $post;	// if the post is a custom post type and only during the first execution of the action quick_edit_custom_box	if ( $post->post_type == 'custom_post_type' && did_action( 'quick_edit_custom_box' ) === 1 )	{ ?>	<fieldset class="inline-edit-col-right">	<div class="inline-edit-col">	<label class="alignleft">	<input type="checkbox" name="sticky" value="sticky" />	<span class="checkbox-title">	<?php _e( 'Featured (sticky)', 'textdomain_string' ); ?>	</span>	</label>	</div>	</fieldset> <?php	} // endif; } // add the sticky option to the quick edit area add_action( 'quick_edit_custom_box', 'my_sticky_option' );

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