get_post_class() WordPress Function

The get_post_class() function is a built-in function in WordPress that allows you to add classes to a post element. This function is useful if you want to style specific posts differently from others. You can use this function by passing in an array of class names as the first parameter.

get_post_class( string|string[] $class = '', int|WP_Post $post_id = null ) #

Retrieves an array of the class names for the post container element.


Description

The class names are many. If the post is a sticky, then the ‘sticky’ class name. The class ‘hentry’ is always added to each post. If the post has a post thumbnail, ‘has-post-thumbnail’ is added as a class. For each taxonomy that the post belongs to, a class will be added of the format ‘{$taxonomy}-{$slug}’ – eg ‘category-foo’ or ‘my_custom_taxonomy-bar’.

The ‘post_tag’ taxonomy is a special case; the class has the ‘tag-‘ prefix instead of ‘post_tag-‘. All class names are passed through the filter, ‘post_class’, with the list of class names, followed by $class parameter value, with the post ID as the last parameter.


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Parameters

$class

(string|string[])(Optional)Space-separated string or array of class names to add to the class list.

Default value: ''

$post_id

(int|WP_Post)(Optional) Post ID or post object.

Default value: null


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Return

(string[]) Array of class names.


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Source

File: wp-includes/post-template.php

function get_post_class( $class = '', $post_id = null ) {
	$post = get_post( $post_id );

	$classes = array();

	if ( $class ) {
		if ( ! is_array( $class ) ) {
			$class = preg_split( '#\s+#', $class );
		}
		$classes = array_map( 'esc_attr', $class );
	} else {
		// Ensure that we always coerce class to being an array.
		$class = array();
	}

	if ( ! $post ) {
		return $classes;
	}

	$classes[] = 'post-' . $post->ID;
	if ( ! is_admin() ) {
		$classes[] = $post->post_type;
	}
	$classes[] = 'type-' . $post->post_type;
	$classes[] = 'status-' . $post->post_status;

	// Post Format.
	if ( post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'post-formats' ) ) {
		$post_format = get_post_format( $post->ID );

		if ( $post_format && ! is_wp_error( $post_format ) ) {
			$classes[] = 'format-' . sanitize_html_class( $post_format );
		} else {
			$classes[] = 'format-standard';
		}
	}

	$post_password_required = post_password_required( $post->ID );

	// Post requires password.
	if ( $post_password_required ) {
		$classes[] = 'post-password-required';
	} elseif ( ! empty( $post->post_password ) ) {
		$classes[] = 'post-password-protected';
	}

	// Post thumbnails.
	if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) && has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) && ! is_attachment( $post ) && ! $post_password_required ) {
		$classes[] = 'has-post-thumbnail';
	}

	// Sticky for Sticky Posts.
	if ( is_sticky( $post->ID ) ) {
		if ( is_home() && ! is_paged() ) {
			$classes[] = 'sticky';
		} elseif ( is_admin() ) {
			$classes[] = 'status-sticky';
		}
	}

	// hentry for hAtom compliance.
	$classes[] = 'hentry';

	// All public taxonomies.
	$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array( 'public' => true ) );
	foreach ( (array) $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
		if ( is_object_in_taxonomy( $post->post_type, $taxonomy ) ) {
			foreach ( (array) get_the_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy ) as $term ) {
				if ( empty( $term->slug ) ) {
					continue;
				}

				$term_class = sanitize_html_class( $term->slug, $term->term_id );
				if ( is_numeric( $term_class ) || ! trim( $term_class, '-' ) ) {
					$term_class = $term->term_id;
				}

				// 'post_tag' uses the 'tag' prefix for backward compatibility.
				if ( 'post_tag' === $taxonomy ) {
					$classes[] = 'tag-' . $term_class;
				} else {
					$classes[] = sanitize_html_class( $taxonomy . '-' . $term_class, $taxonomy . '-' . $term->term_id );
				}
			}
		}
	}

	$classes = array_map( 'esc_attr', $classes );

	/**
	 * Filters the list of CSS class names for the current post.
	 *
	 * @since 2.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string[] $classes An array of post class names.
	 * @param string[] $class   An array of additional class names added to the post.
	 * @param int      $post_id The post ID.
	 */
	$classes = apply_filters( 'post_class', $classes, $class, $post->ID );

	return array_unique( $classes );
}


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Changelog

Changelog
VersionDescription
4.2.0Custom taxonomy class names were added.
2.7.0Introduced.

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