Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getPageTemplates
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getPageTemplates( array $args ): array|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Retrieves page templates.

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

 `$args`arrayrequired

Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` string
 * Username.
 * `2` string
 * Password.

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

 array|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)

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

    ```php
    public function wp_getPageTemplates( $args ) {
    	$this->escape( $args );

    	$username = $args[1];
    	$password = $args[2];

    	$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
    	if ( ! $user ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_pages' ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to access details about this site.' ) );
    	}

    	$templates            = get_page_templates();
    	$templates['Default'] = 'default';

    	return $templates;
    }
    ```

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

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

Gets the page templates available in this theme.

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| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

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| [wp_xmlrpc_server::login()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/login/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Logs user in.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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