get_pages( array|string $args = array() )

Retrieve a list of pages (or hierarchical post type items).


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Parameters Parameters

$args

(array|string) (Optional) Array or string of arguments to retrieve pages.

  • 'child_of'
    (int) Page ID to return child and grandchild pages of. Note: The value of $hierarchical has no bearing on whether $child_of returns hierarchical results. Default 0, or no restriction.
  • 'sort_order'
    (string) How to sort retrieved pages. Accepts 'ASC', 'DESC'. Default 'ASC'.
  • 'sort_column'
    (string) What columns to sort pages by, comma-separated. Accepts 'post_author', 'post_date', 'post_title', 'post_name', 'post_modified', 'menu_order', 'post_modified_gmt', 'post_parent', 'ID', 'rand', 'comment*count'. 'post*' can be omitted for any values that start with it. Default 'post_title'.
  • 'hierarchical'
    (bool) Whether to return pages hierarchically. If false in conjunction with $child_of also being false, both arguments will be disregarded. Default true.
  • 'exclude'
    (array) Array of page IDs to exclude.
  • 'include'
    (array) Array of page IDs to include. Cannot be used with $child_of, $parent, $exclude, $meta_key, $meta_value, or $hierarchical.
  • 'meta_key'
    (string) Only include pages with this meta key.
  • 'meta_value'
    (string) Only include pages with this meta value. Requires $meta_key.
  • 'authors'
    (string) A comma-separated list of author IDs.
  • 'parent'
    (int) Page ID to return direct children of. Default -1, or no restriction.
  • 'exclude_tree'
    (string|array) Comma-separated string or array of page IDs to exclude.
  • 'number'
    (int) The number of pages to return. Default 0, or all pages.
  • 'offset'
    (int) The number of pages to skip before returning. Requires $number. Default 0.
  • 'post_type'
    (string) The post type to query. Default 'page'.
  • 'post_status'
    (string|array) A comma-separated list or array of post statuses to include. Default 'publish'.

Default value: array()


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Return Return

(array|false) List of pages matching defaults or $args.


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/post.php

function get_pages( $args = array() ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$defaults = array(
		'child_of'     => 0,
		'sort_order'   => 'ASC',
		'sort_column'  => 'post_title',
		'hierarchical' => 1,
		'exclude'      => array(),
		'include'      => array(),
		'meta_key'     => '',
		'meta_value'   => '',
		'authors'      => '',
		'parent'       => -1,
		'exclude_tree' => array(),
		'number'       => '',
		'offset'       => 0,
		'post_type'    => 'page',
		'post_status'  => 'publish',
	);

	$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	$number       = (int) $parsed_args['number'];
	$offset       = (int) $parsed_args['offset'];
	$child_of     = (int) $parsed_args['child_of'];
	$hierarchical = $parsed_args['hierarchical'];
	$exclude      = $parsed_args['exclude'];
	$meta_key     = $parsed_args['meta_key'];
	$meta_value   = $parsed_args['meta_value'];
	$parent       = $parsed_args['parent'];
	$post_status  = $parsed_args['post_status'];

	// Make sure the post type is hierarchical.
	$hierarchical_post_types = get_post_types( array( 'hierarchical' => true ) );
	if ( ! in_array( $parsed_args['post_type'], $hierarchical_post_types ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( $parent > 0 && ! $child_of ) {
		$hierarchical = false;
	}

	// Make sure we have a valid post status.
	if ( ! is_array( $post_status ) ) {
		$post_status = explode( ',', $post_status );
	}
	if ( array_diff( $post_status, get_post_stati() ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// $args can be whatever, only use the args defined in defaults to compute the key.
	$key          = md5( serialize( wp_array_slice_assoc( $parsed_args, array_keys( $defaults ) ) ) );
	$last_changed = wp_cache_get_last_changed( 'posts' );

	$cache_key = "get_pages:$key:$last_changed";
	$cache     = wp_cache_get( $cache_key, 'posts' );
	if ( false !== $cache ) {
		// Convert to WP_Post instances.
		$pages = array_map( 'get_post', $cache );
		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
		$pages = apply_filters( 'get_pages', $pages, $parsed_args );
		return $pages;
	}

	$inclusions = '';
	if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['include'] ) ) {
		$child_of     = 0; //ignore child_of, parent, exclude, meta_key, and meta_value params if using include
		$parent       = -1;
		$exclude      = '';
		$meta_key     = '';
		$meta_value   = '';
		$hierarchical = false;
		$incpages     = wp_parse_id_list( $parsed_args['include'] );
		if ( ! empty( $incpages ) ) {
			$inclusions = ' AND ID IN (' . implode( ',', $incpages ) . ')';
		}
	}

	$exclusions = '';
	if ( ! empty( $exclude ) ) {
		$expages = wp_parse_id_list( $exclude );
		if ( ! empty( $expages ) ) {
			$exclusions = ' AND ID NOT IN (' . implode( ',', $expages ) . ')';
		}
	}

	$author_query = '';
	if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['authors'] ) ) {
		$post_authors = wp_parse_list( $parsed_args['authors'] );

		if ( ! empty( $post_authors ) ) {
			foreach ( $post_authors as $post_author ) {
				//Do we have an author id or an author login?
				if ( 0 == intval( $post_author ) ) {
					$post_author = get_user_by( 'login', $post_author );
					if ( empty( $post_author ) ) {
						continue;
					}
					if ( empty( $post_author->ID ) ) {
						continue;
					}
					$post_author = $post_author->ID;
				}

				if ( '' == $author_query ) {
					$author_query = $wpdb->prepare( ' post_author = %d ', $post_author );
				} else {
					$author_query .= $wpdb->prepare( ' OR post_author = %d ', $post_author );
				}
			}
			if ( '' != $author_query ) {
				$author_query = " AND ($author_query)";
			}
		}
	}

	$join  = '';
	$where = "$exclusions $inclusions ";
	if ( '' !== $meta_key || '' !== $meta_value ) {
		$join = " LEFT JOIN $wpdb->postmeta ON ( $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->postmeta.post_id )";

		// meta_key and meta_value might be slashed
		$meta_key   = wp_unslash( $meta_key );
		$meta_value = wp_unslash( $meta_value );
		if ( '' !== $meta_key ) {
			$where .= $wpdb->prepare( " AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_key = %s", $meta_key );
		}
		if ( '' !== $meta_value ) {
			$where .= $wpdb->prepare( " AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_value = %s", $meta_value );
		}
	}

	if ( is_array( $parent ) ) {
		$post_parent__in = implode( ',', array_map( 'absint', (array) $parent ) );
		if ( ! empty( $post_parent__in ) ) {
			$where .= " AND post_parent IN ($post_parent__in)";
		}
	} elseif ( $parent >= 0 ) {
		$where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND post_parent = %d ', $parent );
	}

	if ( 1 == count( $post_status ) ) {
		$where_post_type = $wpdb->prepare( 'post_type = %s AND post_status = %s', $parsed_args['post_type'], reset( $post_status ) );
	} else {
		$post_status     = implode( "', '", $post_status );
		$where_post_type = $wpdb->prepare( "post_type = %s AND post_status IN ('$post_status')", $parsed_args['post_type'] );
	}

	$orderby_array = array();
	$allowed_keys  = array(
		'author',
		'post_author',
		'date',
		'post_date',
		'title',
		'post_title',
		'name',
		'post_name',
		'modified',
		'post_modified',
		'modified_gmt',
		'post_modified_gmt',
		'menu_order',
		'parent',
		'post_parent',
		'ID',
		'rand',
		'comment_count',
	);

	foreach ( explode( ',', $parsed_args['sort_column'] ) as $orderby ) {
		$orderby = trim( $orderby );
		if ( ! in_array( $orderby, $allowed_keys ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		switch ( $orderby ) {
			case 'menu_order':
				break;
			case 'ID':
				$orderby = "$wpdb->posts.ID";
				break;
			case 'rand':
				$orderby = 'RAND()';
				break;
			case 'comment_count':
				$orderby = "$wpdb->posts.comment_count";
				break;
			default:
				if ( 0 === strpos( $orderby, 'post_' ) ) {
					$orderby = "$wpdb->posts." . $orderby;
				} else {
					$orderby = "$wpdb->posts.post_" . $orderby;
				}
		}

		$orderby_array[] = $orderby;

	}
	$sort_column = ! empty( $orderby_array ) ? implode( ',', $orderby_array ) : "$wpdb->posts.post_title";

	$sort_order = strtoupper( $parsed_args['sort_order'] );
	if ( '' !== $sort_order && ! in_array( $sort_order, array( 'ASC', 'DESC' ) ) ) {
		$sort_order = 'ASC';
	}

	$query  = "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts $join WHERE ($where_post_type) $where ";
	$query .= $author_query;
	$query .= ' ORDER BY ' . $sort_column . ' ' . $sort_order;

	if ( ! empty( $number ) ) {
		$query .= ' LIMIT ' . $offset . ',' . $number;
	}

	$pages = $wpdb->get_results( $query );

	if ( empty( $pages ) ) {
		wp_cache_set( $cache_key, array(), 'posts' );

		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
		$pages = apply_filters( 'get_pages', array(), $parsed_args );
		return $pages;
	}

	// Sanitize before caching so it'll only get done once.
	$num_pages = count( $pages );
	for ( $i = 0; $i < $num_pages; $i++ ) {
		$pages[ $i ] = sanitize_post( $pages[ $i ], 'raw' );
	}

	// Update cache.
	update_post_cache( $pages );

	if ( $child_of || $hierarchical ) {
		$pages = get_page_children( $child_of, $pages );
	}

	if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['exclude_tree'] ) ) {
		$exclude = wp_parse_id_list( $parsed_args['exclude_tree'] );
		foreach ( $exclude as $id ) {
			$children = get_page_children( $id, $pages );
			foreach ( $children as $child ) {
				$exclude[] = $child->ID;
			}
		}

		$num_pages = count( $pages );
		for ( $i = 0; $i < $num_pages; $i++ ) {
			if ( in_array( $pages[ $i ]->ID, $exclude ) ) {
				unset( $pages[ $i ] );
			}
		}
	}

	$page_structure = array();
	foreach ( $pages as $page ) {
		$page_structure[] = $page->ID;
	}

	wp_cache_set( $cache_key, $page_structure, 'posts' );

	// Convert to WP_Post instances
	$pages = array_map( 'get_post', $pages );

	/**
	 * Filters the retrieved list of pages.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param array $pages List of pages to retrieve.
	 * @param array $parsed_args     Array of get_pages() arguments.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_pages', $pages, $parsed_args );
}

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  1. Skip to note 1 content
    Contributed by Codex

    Displaying pages in dropdown list
    In this example a dropdown list with all the pages. Note how you can grab the link for the page with a simple call to the function get_page_link passing the ID of the page.

    <select name="page-dropdown"
     onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> 
     <option value="">
    <?php echo esc_attr( __( 'Select page' ) ); ?></option> 
     <?php 
      $pages = get_pages(); 
      foreach ( $pages as $page ) {
      	$option = '<option value="' . get_page_link( $page->ID ) . '">';
    	$option .= $page->post_title;
    	$option .= '</option>';
    	echo $option;
      }
     ?>
    </select>
    
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    Contributed by Codex

    Displaying child pages of the current page in post format

    <?php
    $mypages = get_pages( array( 'child_of' => $post->ID, 'sort_column' => 'post_date', 'sort_order' => 'desc' ) );
    
    foreach( $mypages as $page ) {		
    	$content = $page->post_content;
    	if ( ! $content ) // Check for empty page
    		continue;
    
    	$content = apply_filters( 'the_content', $content );
    ?>
    	<h2><a href="<?php echo get_page_link( $page->ID ); ?>"><?php echo $page->post_title; ?></a></h2>
    	<div class="entry"><?php echo $content; ?></div>
    <?php
    	}	
    ?>
    

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