Title: wp post-type
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: April 4, 2026

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# 󠀁[wp post-type <command>](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/)󠁿

Retrieves details on the site’s registered post types.

## In this article

 * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/?output_format=md#examples)
 * [Subcommands](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/?output_format=md#subcommands)

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Get information on WordPress’ built-in and the site’s [custom post types](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/post-types/).

### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/?output_format=md#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 |        |
    +---------------+--------+
    ```

### 󠀁[Subcommands](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/?output_format=md#subcommands)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [wp post-type get](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/get/) |

Gets details about a registered post type.

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| [wp post-type list](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/) |

Lists registered post types.

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 _Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example,
please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase._