Title: Modify query_vars
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Modify query_vars

 *  [ligio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ligio/)
 * (@ligio)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-query_vars/)
 * Hi,
    I want to filter wp_query->query_vars[“s”] because I need to adjust the 
   search variable before I will utilize it with get_query_var(“s”).
 * I need something like wp_query->query_vars[“s”] = strip_tags($_GET[“s”]);
 * What’s the right hook to filter query variables ?
 * Thanks!

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 * [filter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter/)
 * [hook](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hook/)
 * [query_vars](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query_vars/)

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-query_vars/)
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