From bb5bbfa16e45ef921deeeabddd22ea9bfdd2e4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Weston Ruter <weston@xwp.co>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:30:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Improve accuracy of `@return` type and description for
 `get_post_custom()`.

Developed in https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/10996

Follow-up to [52795].

Props ravikhadka, westonruter, swissspidy, roytanck.
See #64224, #55249.
Fixes #60646.

Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61718


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61026 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/post.php    | 8 +++++---
 wp-includes/version.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index eefdaafb0f..c9759d1363 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -2828,9 +2828,11 @@ function unregister_post_meta( $post_type, $meta_key ) {
  * @since 1.2.0
  *
  * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is the ID of the global `$post`.
- * @return mixed An array of values.
- *               False for an invalid `$post_id` (non-numeric, zero, or negative value).
- *               An empty string if a valid but non-existing post ID is passed.
+ * @return array<string, array<int, string>>|false Array of post meta values keyed by meta key, or false on failure.
+ *                                                 Post meta values will always be strings, even for values which would
+ *                                                 otherwise be retrieved individually as arrays or objects via
+ *                                                 {@see get_post_meta()}. An empty array is returned if the post has
+ *                                                 no post meta.
  */
 function get_post_custom( $post_id = 0 ) {
 	$post_id = absint( $post_id );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index e54a296120..f2ae786a0c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '7.0-beta1-61717';
+$wp_version = '7.0-beta1-61718';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.