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When using WordPress functions such as get_post()<\/em><\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Variables stored within WP_Post objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ID<\/strong>: This variable stores the post’s ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_author<\/strong>: This variable stores the post author’s numeric user ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_type<\/strong>: This variable contains the post’s type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_title<\/strong>: This variable stores the title of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_date<\/strong>: This variable displays the date and time of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_date_gmt<\/strong>: This variable displays the same content as post_date, but in GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_content<\/strong>: This variable stores the content of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_excerpt<\/strong>: This variable stores the user-defined excerpt of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_status<\/strong>: This variable stores the post’s current status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

comment_status<\/strong>: This variable stores information on whether the comments are open or closed on the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ping_status<\/strong>: This variable stores information on whether the post is open or closed for pingbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_password<\/strong>: This variable stores the post’s password. It will return empty if the post does not have a password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_parent<\/strong>: If the post has a parent post, this variable will return the ID of the parent post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_modified<\/strong>: This variable stores the date and time that the post was last modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

post_modified_gmt<\/strong>: This variable stores the last modified date and time in GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

comment_count<\/strong>: This variable stores the number of comments that have been left on the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

menu_order<\/strong>: If a menu order is defined for the post, it will display it in this variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting data from WP_Post objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting information from WP_Post objects is quite simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<?php
$example = get_post();
echo $example->post_title;
?><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this example, we are storing information from the get_post()<\/em> function to the $example<\/em> variable. As the get_post()<\/em> function stores data using WP_Post objects, the $example<\/em> variable now contains WP_Post objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, we simply call the desired WP_Post object from inside the $example<\/em> variable and display it using the echo<\/em> PHP command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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