Title: wp post list Published: February 5, 2018 Last modified: May 12, 2026 --- # 󠀁[wp post list ](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/)󠁿 Gets a list of posts. ## In this article * [Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#options) * [Available Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#available-fields) * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#examples) * [Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#global-parameters) [ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) [ ⌊GitHub⌉ ](https://github.com/wp-cli/entity-command) [ View Open Issues (0) ](https://github.com/login?return_to=%2Fissues%3Fq%3Dlabel%3Acommand%3Apost-list+sort%3Aupdated-desc+org%3Awp-cli+is%3Aopen) [ View Closed Issues (14) ](https://github.com/login?return_to=%2Fissues%3Fq%3Dlabel%3Acommand%3Apost-list+sort%3Aupdated-desc+org%3Awp-cli+is%3Aclosed) [Create New Issue](https://github.com/wp-cli/entity-command/issues/new) Display posts based on all arguments supported by [WP_Query()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/). Only shows post types marked as post by default. ### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/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. [-- =] One or more args to pass to [WP_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/).[-- field=] Prints the value of a single field for each post. [--fields=] Limit the output to specific object fields. [--format=] Render output in a particular format. —default: table options: – table – csv – ids – json – count– yaml— ### 󠀁[Available Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#available-fields)󠁿 These fields will be displayed by default for each post: * ID * post_title * post_name * post_date * post_status These fields are optionally available: * post_author * post_date_gmt * post_content * post_excerpt * comment_status * ping_status * post_password * to_ping * pinged * post_modified * post_modified_gmt * post_content_filtered * post_parent * guid * menu_order * post_type * post_mime_type * comment_count * filter * url ### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/list/?output_format=md#examples)󠁿 ``` # List post $ wp post list --field=ID 568 829 1329 1695 # List posts in JSON $ wp post list --post_type=post --posts_per_page=5 --format=json [{"ID":1,"post_title":"Hello world!","post_name":"hello-world","post_date":"2015-06-20 09:00:10","post_status":"publish"},{"ID":1178,"post_title":"Markup: HTML Tags and Formatting","post_name":"markup-html-tags-and-formatting","post_date":"2013-01-11 20:22:19","post_status":"draft"}] # List all pages $ wp post list --post_type=page --fields=post_title,post_status +-------------+-------------+ | post_title | post_status | +-------------+-------------+ | Sample Page | publish | +-------------+-------------+ # List ids of all pages and posts $ wp post list --post_type=page,post --format=ids 15 25 34 37 198 # List given posts $ wp post list --post__in=1,3 +----+--------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | ID | post_title | post_name | post_date | post_status | +----+--------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 3 | Lorem Ipsum | lorem-ipsum | 2016-06-01 14:34:36 | publish | | 1 | Hello world! | hello-world | 2016-06-01 14:31:12 | publish | +----+--------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ # List given post by a specific author $ wp post list --author=2 +----+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-------------+ | ID | post_title | post_name | post_date | post_status | +----+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 14 | New documentation | new-documentation | 2021-06-18 21:05:11 | publish | +----+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-------------+ ``` ### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/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 to the WordPress files. | | `--url=` | Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. | | `--ssh=[:][@][:][]` | Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). | | `--http=` | Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. | | `--user=` | Set the WordPress user. | | `--skip-plugins[=]` | Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. | | `--skip-themes[=]` | Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. | | `--skip-packages` | Skip loading all installed packages. | | `--require=` | Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). | | `--exec=` | Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). | | `--context=` | Load WordPress in a given context. | | `--[no-]color` | Whether to colorize the output. | | `--debug[=]` | Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. | | `--prompt[=]` | 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._