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You are absolutely right in your earlier post that the WP Codex and Function Reference needs serious help. Your explanations are much better, but to improve them still more… When teaching a function, as in a function reference or in this article, the elements to include, so as to be most effective, are: * The Function Name with cleartext placeholder parameters * A summary version of what the function does. * A detailed explanation of what the function does, with full explanations of what each parameter is and does, parameter limits if any, and any explanation of consequences if you induce errors in calling the function, such as parameters out of spec * Two or more examples, covering the most common use cases of the function. These examples should include: ** INPUT – An explanation of the situation from which you need to call the function, including why you need to call this function and not some other. ** ACTION – The calling routine’s source code, including setting parameter variables and explaining where each setting comes from and why it is used this way. ** OUTPUT – show a clear illustration of what value is returned by the function, and… Read more »