is_rtl()

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

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

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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