Title: WP_Posts_List_Table::current_action
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Posts_List_Table::current_action(): string

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/current_action/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/current_action/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/current_action/?output_format=md#related)

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

 string

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

    ```php
    public function current_action() {
    	if ( isset( $_REQUEST['delete_all'] ) || isset( $_REQUEST['delete_all2'] ) ) {
    		return 'delete_all';
    	}

    	return parent::current_action();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L625)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L625-L631)

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

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

Gets the current action selected from the bulk actions dropdown.

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