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

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# apply_filters( ‘date_query_valid_columns’, string[] $valid_columns )

## In this article

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

Filters the list of valid date query columns.

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

 `$valid_columns`string[]

An array of valid date query columns. Defaults are `'post_date'`, `'post_date_gmt'`,`'
post_modified'`, `'post_modified_gmt'`, `'comment_date'`, `'comment_date_gmt'`, `'
user_registered'`, `'registered'`, `'last_updated'`.

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

    ```php
    if ( ! in_array( $column, apply_filters( 'date_query_valid_columns', $valid_columns ), true ) ) {
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-date-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-date-query.php#L513)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-date-query.php#L513-L513)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Date_Query::validate_column()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_date_query/validate_column/)`wp-includes/class-wp-date-query.php` |

Validates a column name parameter.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Added `'registered'` and `'last_updated'` to the default recognized columns. | 
| [4.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.1.0/) | Added `'user_registered'` to the default recognized columns. | 
| [3.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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