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post_type_exists( string $post_type ): bool

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_typestringrequired
Post type name.

Return

bool Whether post type is registered.

Source

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

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_type_exists