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

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# WP_Links_List_Table::get_columns(): string[]

## In this article

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

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

 string[] Array of column titles keyed by their column name.

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

    ```php
    public function get_columns() {
    	return array(
    		'cb'         => '<input type="checkbox" />',
    		'name'       => _x( 'Name', 'link name' ),
    		'url'        => __( 'URL' ),
    		'categories' => __( 'Categories' ),
    		'rel'        => __( 'Relationship' ),
    		'visible'    => __( 'Visible' ),
    		'rating'     => __( 'Rating' ),
    	);
    }
    ```

[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#L135)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php#L135-L145)

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

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

Retrieves translated string with gettext context.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  |

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