---
url: /hooks/filters/wpce-before-document-load.md
description: >-
  Filter the document tree object before it is loaded into a WPCE Document
  instance.
---

# `wpce_before_document_load` 

Filters the document tree object that is being loaded into a [`Document`](https://bitbucket.org/ownbit/ownbit-wpce/src/dev/plugin/includes/WPCE/Document.php) instance.

## Parameters

1. `object $root_node`

   The document tree object that is loaded.

## Example

```php
add_filter('wpce_before_document_load', function (object $root_node) {
	// ...

	return $root_node;
});
```

## Related

* [`wpce_after_document_load`](../actions/wpce-after-document-load)
* [`wpce_load_node`](../actions/wpce-load-node)