Title: WP_List_Table::__call
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_List_Table::__call( string $name, array $arguments ): mixed|bool

## In this article

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

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Makes private/protected methods readable for backward compatibility.

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

 `$name`stringrequired

Method to call.

`$arguments`arrayrequired

Arguments to pass when calling.

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

 mixed|bool Return value of the callback, false otherwise.

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

    ```php
    public function __call( $name, $arguments ) {
    	if ( in_array( $name, $this->compat_methods, true ) ) {
    		return $this->$name( ...$arguments );
    	}
    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php#L275)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php#L275-L280)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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