Title: WP_Links_List_Table::column_cb
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Links_List_Table::column_cb( object $item )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_cb/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_cb/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_cb/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_links_list_table/column_cb/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Handles the checkbox column output.

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

 `$item`objectrequired

The current link object.

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

    ```php
    public function column_cb( $item ) {
    	// Restores the more descriptive, specific name for use within this method.
    	$link = $item;

    	?>
    	<input type="checkbox" name="linkcheck[]" id="cb-select-<?php echo $link->link_id; ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $link->link_id ); ?>" />
    	<label for="cb-select-<?php echo $link->link_id; ?>">
    		<span class="screen-reader-text">
    		<?php
    		/* translators: Hidden accessibility text. %s: Link name. */
    		printf( __( 'Select %s' ), $link->link_name );
    		?>
    		</span>
    	</label>
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php#L180)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php#L180-L195)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Escaping for HTML attributes.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Renamed `$link` to `$item` to match parent class for PHP 8 named parameter support. | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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