Retrieves or displays a list of pages as a dropdown (select list).

• get_pages()

$args array|string Optional

Array or string of arguments to generate a page dropdown. See get_pages() for additional arguments.

• depthint
  Maximum depth. Default 0.
• child_ofint
  Page ID to retrieve child pages of. Default 0.
• selectedint|string
  Value of the option that should be selected. Default 0.
• echobool|int
  Whether to echo or return the generated markup. Accepts 0, 1, or their bool equivalents. Default 1.
• namestring
  Value for the 'name' attribute of the select element.
  Default 'page_id'.
• idstring
  Value for the 'id' attribute of the select element.
• classstring
  Value for the 'class' attribute of the select element. Default: none.
  Defaults to the value of $name.
• show_option_nonestring
  Text to display for showing no pages. Default empty (does not display).
• show_option_no_changestring
  Text to display for "no change" option. Default empty (does not display).
• option_none_valuestring
  Value to use when no page is selected.
• value_fieldstring
  Post field used to populate the 'value' attribute of the option elements. Accepts any valid post field. Default 'ID'.

More Arguments from get_pages( ... $args )

Array or string of arguments to retrieve pages.

• child_ofint
  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_orderstring
  How to sort retrieved pages. Accepts 'ASC', 'DESC'. Default 'ASC'.
• sort_columnstring
  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'.
• hierarchicalbool
  Whether to return pages hierarchically. If false in conjunction with $child_of also being false, both arguments will be disregarded.
  Default true.
• excludeint[]
  Array of page IDs to exclude.
• includeint[]
  Array of page IDs to include. Cannot be used with $child_of, $parent, $exclude, $meta_key, $meta_value, or $hierarchical.
  
• meta_keystring
  Only include pages with this meta key.
• meta_valuestring
  Only include pages with this meta value. Requires $meta_key.
  
• authorsstring
  A comma-separated list of author IDs.
• parentint
  Page ID to return direct children of. Default -1, or no restriction.
• exclude_treestring|int[]
  Comma-separated string or array of page IDs to exclude.
  
• numberint
  The number of pages to return. Default 0, or all pages.
• offsetint
  The number of pages to skip before returning. Requires $number.
  Default 0.
• post_typestring
  The post type to query. Default 'page'.
• post_statusstring|array
  A comma-separated list or array of post statuses to include.
  Default 'publish'.

Default: ''

string HTML dropdown list of pages.

File: wp-includes/post-template.php. View all references

function wp_dropdown_pages( $args = '' ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'depth'                 => 0,
		'child_of'              => 0,
		'selected'              => 0,
		'echo'                  => 1,
		'name'                  => 'page_id',
		'id'                    => '',
		'class'                 => '',
		'show_option_none'      => '',
		'show_option_no_change' => '',
		'option_none_value'     => '',
		'value_field'           => 'ID',
	);

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

	$pages  = get_pages( $parsed_args );
	$output = '';
	// Back-compat with old system where both id and name were based on $name argument.
	if ( empty( $parsed_args['id'] ) ) {
		$parsed_args['id'] = $parsed_args['name'];
	}

	if ( ! empty( $pages ) ) {
		$class = '';
		if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['class'] ) ) {
			$class = " class='" . esc_attr( $parsed_args['class'] ) . "'";
		}

		$output = "<select name='" . esc_attr( $parsed_args['name'] ) . "'" . $class . " id='" . esc_attr( $parsed_args['id'] ) . "'>\n";
		if ( $parsed_args['show_option_no_change'] ) {
			$output .= "\t<option value=\"-1\">" . $parsed_args['show_option_no_change'] . "</option>\n";
		}
		if ( $parsed_args['show_option_none'] ) {
			$output .= "\t<option value=\"" . esc_attr( $parsed_args['option_none_value'] ) . '">' . $parsed_args['show_option_none'] . "</option>\n";
		}
		$output .= walk_page_dropdown_tree( $pages, $parsed_args['depth'], $parsed_args );
		$output .= "</select>\n";
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the HTML output of a list of pages as a dropdown.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @since 4.4.0 `$parsed_args` and `$pages` added as arguments.
	 *
	 * @param string    $output      HTML output for dropdown list of pages.
	 * @param array     $parsed_args The parsed arguments array. See wp_dropdown_pages()
	 *                               for information on accepted arguments.
	 * @param WP_Post[] $pages       Array of the page objects.
	 */
	$html = apply_filters( 'wp_dropdown_pages', $output, $parsed_args, $pages );

	if ( $parsed_args['echo'] ) {
		echo $html;
	}

	return $html;
}