Title: WP_Posts_List_Table::is_base_request
Published: April 23, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Posts_List_Table::is_base_request(): bool

## In this article

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

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Determines if the current view is the “All” view.

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

 bool Whether the current view is the "All" view.

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

    ```php
    protected function is_base_request() {
    	$vars = $_GET;
    	unset( $vars['paged'] );

    	if ( empty( $vars ) ) {
    		return true;
    	} elseif ( 1 === count( $vars ) && ! empty( $vars['post_type'] ) ) {
    		return $this->screen->post_type === $vars['post_type'];
    	}

    	return 1 === count( $vars ) && ! empty( $vars['mode'] );
    }
    ```

[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/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L235)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L235-L246)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Posts_List_Table::get_views()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/get_views/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php` |  |

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

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

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