post_type_exists( string $post_type )

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.

(bool) Whether post type is registered.

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

Uses
Uses	Description
wp-includes/post.php: get_post_type_object()	Retrieves a post type object by name.

Used By
Used By	Description
wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php: WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::populate_value()	Ensure that the value is fully populated with the necessary properties.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getPostType()	Retrieves a post type.
wp-includes/post.php: wp_count_posts()	Counts number of posts of a post type and if user has permissions to view.
wp-includes/post.php: unregister_post_type()	Unregisters a post type.
wp-includes/post.php: is_post_type_hierarchical()	Determines whether the post type is hierarchical.
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php: WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::ajax_insert_auto_draft_post()	Ajax handler for adding a new auto-draft post.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: get_ancestors()	Gets an array of ancestor IDs for a given object.
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php: WP_Screen::get()	Fetches a screen object.
wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php: _wp_ajax_menu_quick_search()	Prints the appropriate response to a menu quick search.

Changelog
Version	Description
3.0.0	Introduced.