Title: WP_List_Table::get_primary_column
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_List_Table::get_primary_column(): string

## In this article

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

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Gets the name of the primary column.

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

Public wrapper for [WP_List_Table::get_default_primary_column_name()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_list_table/get_default_primary_column_name/).

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

 string Name of the default primary column.

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

    ```php
    public function get_primary_column() {
    	return $this->get_primary_column_name();
    }
    ```

[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#L1256)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php#L1256-L1258)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_List_Table::get_primary_column_name()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_list_table/get_primary_column_name/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php` |

Gets the name of the primary column.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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