Title: WP_Meta_Query::get_clauses
Published: April 23, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Meta_Query::get_clauses(): array

## In this article

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

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Gets a flattened list of sanitized meta clauses.

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

This array should be used for clause lookup, as when the table alias and CAST type
must be determined for a value of ‘orderby’ corresponding to a meta clause.

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

 array Meta clauses.

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

    ```php
    public function get_clauses() {
    	return $this->clauses;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-meta-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-meta-query.php#L806)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-meta-query.php#L806-L808)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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