Title: ms_sites_list_table_query_args
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘ms_sites_list_table_query_args’, array $args )

## In this article

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

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Filters the arguments for the site query in the sites list table.

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

 `$args`array

An array of [get_sites()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_sites/)
arguments.

More Arguments from get_sites( … $args )

Array or string of arguments. See [WP_Site_Query::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site_query/__construct/)
for information on accepted arguments.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters( 'ms_sites_list_table_query_args', $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php#L184)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php#L184-L184)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_MS_Sites_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_sites_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php` |

Prepares the list of sites for display.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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