Title: wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list’, array[]|null $url_list, string $post_type, int $page_num )

## In this article

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

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Filters the posts URL list before it is generated.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit the generation, returning
that value instead.

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

 `$url_list`array[]|null

The URL list. Default null.

`$post_type`string

Post type name.

`$page_num`int

Page of results.

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

    ```php
    $url_list = apply_filters(
    	'wp_sitemaps_posts_pre_url_list',
    	null,
    	$post_type,
    	$page_num
    );
    ```

[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/7.1/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php#L87)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php#L87-L92)

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

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

Gets a URL list for a post type sitemap.

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

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

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