Title: wp_sitemaps_post_types
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_sitemaps_post_types’, WP_Post_Type[] $post_types )

## In this article

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

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Filters the list of post object sub types available within the sitemap.

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

 `$post_types`[WP_Post_Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_type/)[]

Array of registered post type objects keyed by their name.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'wp_sitemaps_post_types', $post_types );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php#L49)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php#L49-L49)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Sitemaps_Posts::get_object_subtypes()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps_posts/get_object_subtypes/)`wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php` |

Returns the public post types, which excludes nav_items and similar types.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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