wp post-type

Retrieves details on the site’s registered post types.

Get information on WordPress’ built-in and the site’s custom post types.

Commands Description
wp post-type list Lists registered post types.
wp post-type get Gets details about a registered post type.

Examples

# Get details about a post type
$ wp post-type get page --fields=name,label,hierarchical --format=json
{"name":"page","label":"Pages","hierarchical":true}
# List post types with 'post' capability type
$ wp post-type list --capability_type=post --fields=name,public
+---------------+--------+
| name          | public |
+---------------+--------+
| post          | 1      |
| attachment    | 1      |
| revision      |        |
| nav_menu_item |        |
+---------------+--------+

Source code of the commands


wp post-type list

Lists registered post types.

Usage

wp post-type list [--{field}={value}] [--field={field}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--{field}={value}]
Filter by one or more fields (see get_post_types() first parameter for a list of available fields).
[--field={field}]
Prints the value of a single field for each post type.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific post type fields.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: table
Can be:

  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • count
  • yaml

Available fields

These fields will be displayed by default for each term:

  • name
  • label
  • description
  • hierarchical
  • public
  • capability_type

There are no optionally available fields.

Examples

# List registered post types
$ wp post-type list --format=csv
	name,label,description,hierarchical,public,capability_type
	post,Posts,,,1,post
	page,Pages,,1,1,page
	attachment,Media,,,1,post
	revision,Revisions,,,,post
	nav_menu_item,"Navigation Menu Items",,,,post
# List post types with 'post' capability type
$ wp post-type list --capability_type=post --fields=name,public
	+---------------+--------+
	| name          | public |
	+---------------+--------+
	| post          | 1      |
	| attachment    | 1      |
	| revision      |        |
	| nav_menu_item |        |
	+---------------+--------+

wp post-type get

Gets details about a registered post type.

Usage

wp post-type get {post-type} [--field={field}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{post-type}
Post type slug
[--field={field}]
Instead of returning the whole taxonomy, returns the value of a single field.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to all fields.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: table
Can be:

  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • yaml

Examples

# Get details about the 'page' post type.
$ wp post-type get page --fields=name,label,hierarchical --format=json
	{"name":"page","label":"Pages","hierarchical":true}