Title: wp_list_table_class_name
Published: November 2, 2022
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_list_table_class_name’, string $class_name, array $args )

## In this article

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

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Filters the list table class to instantiate.

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

 `$class_name`string

The list table class to use.

`$args`array

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

More Arguments from _get_list_table( … $args )

Arguments to pass to the class. Accepts `'screen'`.

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

    ```php
    $custom_class_name = apply_filters( 'wp_list_table_class_name', $class_name, $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php#L68)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php#L68-L68)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [_get_list_table()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_get_list_table/)`wp-admin/includes/list-table.php` |

Fetches an instance of a [WP_List_Table](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_list_table/) class.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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