Title: wp post-type list
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: May 23, 2026

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

Lists registered post types.

## In this article

 * [Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#options)
 * [Available Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#available-fields)
 * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#examples)
 * [Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#global-parameters)

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

 See the [argument syntax](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/references/argument-syntax/)
reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.  [--<field>
=<value>] Filter by one or more fields (see [get_post_types()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/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 options: – table – csv – json – count – yaml—

### 󠀁[Available Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#available-fields)󠁿

 These fields will be displayed by default for each post type:

 * name
 * label
 * description
 * hierarchical
 * public
 * capability_type

 These fields are optionally available:

 * count

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

### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post-type/list/?output_format=md#global-parameters)󠁿

 These [global parameters](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/) have
the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

  |  **Argument** |  **Description** |  
   |  `--path=<path>` |  Path to the WordPress files. |  
 |  `--url=<url>` |  Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. |  
 |  `--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>]` |  Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). |  
 |  `--http=<http>` |  Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. |  
 |  `--user=<id\|login\|email>` |  Set the WordPress user. |  
 |  `--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]` |  Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. |  
 |  `--skip-themes[=<themes>]` |  Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. |  
 |  `--skip-packages` |  Skip loading all installed packages. |  
 |  `--require=<path>` |  Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). |  
 |  `--exec=<php-code>` |  Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |  
 |  `--context=<context>` |  Load WordPress in a given context. |  
 |  `--[no-]color` |  Whether to colorize the output. |  
 |  `--debug[=<group>]` |  Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. |  
 |  `--prompt[=<assoc>]` |  Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. |  
 |  `--quiet` |  Suppress informational messages. |

 _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._