post_type_exists( string $post_type )

Determines whether a post type is registered.

Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

See also

Parameters

$post_type

(string) (Required) Post type name.

Return

(bool) Whether post type is registered.

Source

File: wp-includes/post.php 

function post_type_exists( $post_type ) {
	return (bool) get_post_type_object( $post_type );
}

Used By

Used By Description
wp-admin/includes/post.php: use_block_editor_for_post_type()

Return whether a post type is compatible with the block editor.
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php: WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::ajax_insert_auto_draft_post()

Ajax handler for adding a new auto-draft post.
wp-includes/post.php: unregister_post_type()

Unregisters a post type.
wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php: WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::populate_value()

Ensure that the value is fully populated with the necessary properties.
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php: WP_Screen::get()

Fetches a screen object.
wp-admin/includes/export.php: export_wp()

Generates the WXR export file for download.
wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php: _wp_ajax_menu_quick_search()

Prints the appropriate response to a menu quick search.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: get_ancestors()

Get an array of ancestor IDs for a given object.
wp-includes/post.php: wp_count_posts()

Count number of posts of a post type and if user has permissions to view.
wp-includes/post.php: is_post_type_hierarchical()

Whether the post type is hierarchical.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getPostType()

Retrieves a post type

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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