Title: generate_postdata
Published: May 7, 2019
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# generate_postdata( WP_Post|object|int $post ): array|false

## In this article

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

Generates post data.

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

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

[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/) instance or
Post ID/object.

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

 array|false Elements of post, or false on failure.

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

    ```php
    function generate_postdata( $post ) {
    	global $wp_query;

    	if ( ! empty( $wp_query ) && $wp_query instanceof WP_Query ) {
    		return $wp_query->generate_postdata( $post );
    	}

    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/query.php#L1269)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/query.php#L1269-L1277)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Query::generate_postdata()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/generate_postdata/)`wp-includes/class-wp-query.php` |

Generates post data.

  |

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

Retrieves the post content.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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