Retrieves an array of the class names for the post container element.
Description
The class names are many:
- If the post has a post thumbnail,
has-post-thumbnail
is added as a class. - If the post is sticky, then the
sticky
class name is added. - The class
hentry
is always added to each post. - For each taxonomy that the post belongs to, a class will be added of the format
{$taxonomy}-{$slug}
, e.g.category-foo
ormy_custom_taxonomy-bar
.
Thepost_tag
taxonomy is a special case; the class has thetag-
prefix instead ofpost_tag-
.
All class names are passed through the filter, ‘post_class’, followed by $css_class
parameter value, with the post ID as the last parameter.
Parameters
$css_class
string|string[]optional- Space-separated string or array of class names to add to the class list.
Default:
''
$post
int|WP_Postoptional- Post ID or post object.
Default:
null
Source
function get_post_class( $css_class = '', $post = null ) {
$post = get_post( $post );
$classes = array();
if ( $css_class ) {
if ( ! is_array( $css_class ) ) {
$css_class = preg_split( '#\s+#', $css_class );
}
$classes = array_map( 'esc_attr', $css_class );
} else {
// Ensure that we always coerce class to being an array.
$css_class = array();
}
if ( ! $post ) {
return $classes;
}
$classes[] = 'post-' . $post->ID;
if ( ! is_admin() ) {
$classes[] = $post->post_type;
}
$classes[] = 'type-' . $post->post_type;
$classes[] = 'status-' . $post->post_status;
// Post Format.
if ( post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'post-formats' ) ) {
$post_format = get_post_format( $post->ID );
if ( $post_format && ! is_wp_error( $post_format ) ) {
$classes[] = 'format-' . sanitize_html_class( $post_format );
} else {
$classes[] = 'format-standard';
}
}
$post_password_required = post_password_required( $post->ID );
// Post requires password.
if ( $post_password_required ) {
$classes[] = 'post-password-required';
} elseif ( ! empty( $post->post_password ) ) {
$classes[] = 'post-password-protected';
}
// Post thumbnails.
if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) && has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) && ! is_attachment( $post ) && ! $post_password_required ) {
$classes[] = 'has-post-thumbnail';
}
// Sticky for Sticky Posts.
if ( is_sticky( $post->ID ) ) {
if ( is_home() && ! is_paged() ) {
$classes[] = 'sticky';
} elseif ( is_admin() ) {
$classes[] = 'status-sticky';
}
}
// hentry for hAtom compliance.
$classes[] = 'hentry';
// All public taxonomies.
$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array( 'public' => true ) );
/**
* Filters the taxonomies to generate classes for each individual term.
*
* Default is all public taxonomies registered to the post type.
*
* @since 6.1.0
*
* @param string[] $taxonomies List of all taxonomy names to generate classes for.
* @param int $post_id The post ID.
* @param string[] $classes An array of post class names.
* @param string[] $css_class An array of additional class names added to the post.
*/
$taxonomies = apply_filters( 'post_class_taxonomies', $taxonomies, $post->ID, $classes, $css_class );
foreach ( (array) $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
if ( is_object_in_taxonomy( $post->post_type, $taxonomy ) ) {
foreach ( (array) get_the_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy ) as $term ) {
if ( empty( $term->slug ) ) {
continue;
}
$term_class = sanitize_html_class( $term->slug, $term->term_id );
if ( is_numeric( $term_class ) || ! trim( $term_class, '-' ) ) {
$term_class = $term->term_id;
}
// 'post_tag' uses the 'tag' prefix for backward compatibility.
if ( 'post_tag' === $taxonomy ) {
$classes[] = 'tag-' . $term_class;
} else {
$classes[] = sanitize_html_class( $taxonomy . '-' . $term_class, $taxonomy . '-' . $term->term_id );
}
}
}
}
$classes = array_map( 'esc_attr', $classes );
/**
* Filters the list of CSS class names for the current post.
*
* @since 2.7.0
*
* @param string[] $classes An array of post class names.
* @param string[] $css_class An array of additional class names added to the post.
* @param int $post_id The post ID.
*/
$classes = apply_filters( 'post_class', $classes, $css_class, $post->ID );
return array_unique( $classes );
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘post_class’,
string[] $classes ,string[] $css_class ,int $post_id ) Filters the list of CSS class names for the current post.
- apply_filters( ‘post_class_taxonomies’,
string[] $taxonomies ,int $post_id ,string[] $classes ,string[] $css_class ) Filters the taxonomies to generate classes for each individual term.
If you are writing custom themes and are using this function, make sure to pass the first parameter, although it might be empty.
If you omit this parameter (in a loop), all posts of your listing will have the same classes.
Default Usage
Default example without params and global
$post
object available (or in the loop).With Params
Passing an array of your own classes.