get_post_type() │ WP 2.1.0

Retrieves the post type of the current post or of a given post.

Uses: get_post()

1 time — 0.000637 sec (slow) | 50000 times — 0.17 sec (very fast) | PHP 7.1.2, WP 4.7.5

No Hooks.

Return

String|false. Post type on success, false on failure.

Usage

get_post_type( $post );

$post(int|WP_Post|null): Post ID or post object.
Default: global $post

Examples

#1 Get the post type whose ID is 121

$post_type = get_post_type( 121 );

echo $post_type; // post

/*
Displays: 
- 'attachment' if it is a media post.
- 'post' if it is a post
-  etc.
*/

Inside the WordPress Loop, the post type can be obtained without using this function:

echo $post->post_type;

#2 Default WordPress Post Type Names

Here are the default WP post type names.

post
page
attachment
revision
nav_menu_item

Full list with description see here.

#3 Conditional sentence to see if it is a post type.

if ( 'my_post_type' === get_post_type() ) {
	// it is my_post_type
}

-1

#4 Get post_type outside The Loop

In some cases, such as when you’re outside The Loop, you may need to pass get_queried_object_id() as a parameter to get the post type of the current queried object:

$current_queried_post_type = get_post_type( get_queried_object_id() );

Changelog

Since 2.1.0

Introduced.

`get_post_type() get post type` code ^{WP 6.5.2}

wp-includes/post.php

function get_post_type( $post = null ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );
	if ( $post ) {
		return $post->post_type;
	}

	return false;
}