Title: WP_Site::__get
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Site::__get( string $key ): mixed

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Getter.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Allows current multisite naming conventions when getting properties.
Allows access
to extended site properties.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$key`stringrequired

Property to get.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 mixed Value of the property. Null if not available.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __get( $key ) {
    	switch ( $key ) {
    		case 'id':
    			return (int) $this->blog_id;
    		case 'network_id':
    			return (int) $this->site_id;
    		case 'blogname':
    		case 'siteurl':
    		case 'post_count':
    		case 'home':
    		default: // Custom properties added by 'site_details' filter.
    			if ( ! did_action( 'ms_loaded' ) ) {
    				return null;
    			}

    			$details = $this->get_details();
    			if ( isset( $details->$key ) ) {
    				return $details->$key;
    			}
    	}

    	return null;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-site.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site.php#L223)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site.php#L223-L245)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Site::get_details()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site/get_details/)`wp-includes/class-wp-site.php` |

Retrieves the details for this site.

  | 
| [did_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/did_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Retrieves the number of times an action has been fired during the current request.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Site/__get/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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