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title: "WordPress WP_Post objects"
description: "When using WordPress functions such as get_post(), the information will be stored within WP_Post objects. In this article, we will show you what is stored within those WP_Post objects, as well as how..."
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date: 2014-07-08
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# WordPress WP_Post objects

When using WordPress functions such as [*get_post()*](/support/edu/wordpress/get-post-wordpress-function/), the information will be stored within WP_Post objects. In this article, we will show you what is stored within those WP_Post objects, as well as how to access them.

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## Variables stored within WP_Post objects

**ID**: This variable stores the post’s ID.

**post_author**: This variable stores the post author’s numeric user ID.

**post_type**: This variable contains the post’s type.

**post_title**: This variable stores the title of the post.

**post_date**: This variable displays the date and time of the post.

**post_date_gmt**: This variable displays the same content as post_date, but in GMT.

**post_content**: This variable stores the content of the post.

**post_excerpt**: This variable stores the user-defined excerpt of the post.

**post_status**: This variable stores the post’s current status.

**comment_status**: This variable stores information on whether the comments are open or closed on the post.

**ping_status**: This variable stores information on whether the post is open or closed for pingbacks.

**post_password**: This variable stores the post’s password. It will return empty if the post does not have a password.

**post_parent**: If the post has a parent post, this variable will return the ID of the parent post.

**post_modified**: This variable stores the date and time that the post was last modified.

**post_modified_gmt**: This variable stores the last modified date and time in GMT.

**comment_count**: This variable stores the number of comments that have been left on the post.

**menu_order**: If a menu order is defined for the post, it will display it in this variable.

## Getting data from WP_Post objects

Getting information from WP_Post objects is quite simple:

<?php
$example = get_post();
echo $example->post_title;
?>

In this example, we are storing information from the *get_post()* function to the *$example* variable. As the *get_post()* function stores data using WP_Post objects, the *$example* variable now contains WP_Post objects.

Next, we simply call the desired WP_Post object from inside the *$example* variable and display it using the *echo* PHP command.