Title: WP_MS_Themes_List_Table::column_default
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_MS_Themes_List_Table::column_default( WP_Theme $item, string $column_name )

## In this article

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

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Handles default column output.

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

 `$item`[WP_Theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/)required

The current [WP_Theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/)
object.

`$column_name`stringrequired

The current column name.

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

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

    	$stylesheet = $theme->get_stylesheet();

    	/**
    	 * Fires inside each custom column of the Multisite themes list table.
    	 *
    	 * @since 3.1.0
    	 *
    	 * @param string   $column_name Name of the column.
    	 * @param string   $stylesheet  Directory name of the theme.
    	 * @param WP_Theme $theme       Current WP_Theme object.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'manage_themes_custom_column', $column_name, $stylesheet, $theme );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-themes-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-themes-list-table.php#L907)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-themes-list-table.php#L907-L923)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_themes_list_table/column_default/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘manage_themes_custom_column’, string $column_name, string $stylesheet, WP_Theme $theme )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_themes_custom_column/)

Fires inside each custom column of the Multisite themes list table.

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

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

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_MS_Themes_List_Table::single_row_columns()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_themes_list_table/single_row_columns/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-themes-list-table.php` |

Handles the output for a single table row.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Renamed `$theme` to `$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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