get_post_type_object() │ WP 3.0.0

Retrieves a post type object by name.

Used By: get_post_type_archive_link(), get_the_post_type_description(), post_type_exists()
1 time — 0.000068 sec (very fast) | 50000 times — 2.36 sec (fast) | PHP 7.0.5, WP 4.5.2

No Hooks.

Return

WP_Post_Type|null. WP_Post_Type object if it exists, null otherwise.

Usage

get_post_type_object( $post_type );
$post_type(string) (required)
The name of a registered post type.

Notes

Changelog

Since 3.0.0 Introduced.
Since 4.6.0 Object returned is now an instance of WP_Post_Type.

Code of get_post_type_object() WP 5.9.3

wp-includes/post.php 
function get_post_type_object( $post_type ) {
	global $wp_post_types;

	if ( ! is_scalar( $post_type ) || empty( $wp_post_types[ $post_type ] ) ) {
		return null;
	}

	return $wp_post_types[ $post_type ];
}

Custom post type (post_type)

Custom Types