Title: _WP_List_Table_Compat::get_columns
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# _WP_List_Table_Compat::get_columns(): array

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_list_table_compat/get_columns/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_list_table_compat/get_columns/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_list_table_compat/get_columns/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Gets a list of columns.

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

 array

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

    ```php
    public function get_columns() {
    	return $this->_columns;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table-compat.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table-compat.php#L64)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table-compat.php#L64-L66)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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