--- title: How to work effectively with the useSelect hook | daily.dev description: This post provides tips and tricks on how to work effectively with the useSelect hook from the @wordpress/data library. It discusses the importance of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to work effectively with the useSelect hook | daily.dev og:description: This post provides tips and tricks on how to work effectively with the useSelect hook from the @wordpress/data library. It discusses the importance of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T3HVu9KKv.png og:image:alt: How to work effectively with the useSelect hook og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to work effectively with the useSelect hook **[WordPress Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpressdev)** · 11 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post provides tips and tricks on how to work effectively with the useSelect hook from the @wordpress/data library. It discusses the importance of declaring useSelect dependencies, calling selector functions inside the callback, and selecting precise data. It also covers the use of objects and value properties in the callback, selecting from multiple stores, and includes performance considerations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#react-hooks](https://daily.dev/tags/react-hooks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to work effectively with the useSelect hook","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv"},"datePublished":"2024-03-28T07:25:53.815Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"This post provides tips and tricks on how to work effectively with the useSelect hook from the @wordpress/data library. It discusses the importance of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fd3cb09c40e2857a304e553c360385cc?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fd3cb09c40e2857a304e553c360385cc?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"WordPress Developer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"WordPress Developer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/cf1b3c66d466440aac9b5e5092d93e86","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/wordpressdev"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-the-useselect-hook-t3hvu9kkv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"react,performance,react-hooks","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WordPress Developer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/wordpressdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to work effectively with the useSelect hook"}]} ```