Title: WP_Post::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Post::__construct( WP_Post|object $post )

## In this article

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

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Constructor.

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

 `$post`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)|objectrequired

Post object.

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

    ```php
    public function __construct( $post ) {
    	foreach ( get_object_vars( $post ) as $key => $value ) {
    		$this->$key = $value;
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-post.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-post.php#L265)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-post.php#L265-L269)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [update_ignored_hooked_blocks_postmeta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_ignored_hooked_blocks_postmeta/)`wp-includes/blocks.php` |

Updates the wp_postmeta with the list of ignored hooked blocks where the inner blocks are stored as post content.

  | 
| [inject_ignored_hooked_blocks_metadata_attributes()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/inject_ignored_hooked_blocks_metadata_attributes/)`wp-includes/block-template-utils.php` |

Inject ignoredHookedBlocks metadata attributes into a template or template part.

  | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::value_as_wp_post_nav_menu_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_item_setting/value_as_wp_post_nav_menu_item/)`wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php` |

Get the value emulated into a [WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/) and set up as a nav_menu_item.

  | 
| [get_attachment_fields_to_edit()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_attachment_fields_to_edit/)`wp-admin/includes/media.php` |

Retrieves the attachment fields to edit form fields.

  | 
| [get_default_post_to_edit()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_post_to_edit/)`wp-admin/includes/post.php` |

Returns default post information to use when populating the “Write Post” form.

  | 
| [WP_Post::get_instance()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/get_instance/)`wp-includes/class-wp-post.php` |

Retrieve [WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/) instance.

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

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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