How to get current get_post_types name?

Question

How can I get the current custom post type name and echo it on a page?

Answer 1

You'll need the post object somehow, or, alternatively the queried object on post type archives. On a singular page you might do:

$post = get_queried_object();
$postType = get_post_type_object(get_post_type($post));
if ($postType) {
    echo esc_html($postType->labels->singular_name);
}

Or in the loop:

$postType = get_post_type_object(get_post_type());
if ($postType) {
    echo esc_html($postType->labels->singular_name);
}

In post type archives:

$postType = get_queried_object();
echo esc_html($postType->labels->singular_name);

All of these will give you the singular name of the post type that was registered in register_post_type's labels key.

Answer 2

To get the name of the current post type, use the following code inside the loop.

$post_type = get_post_type( get_the_ID() );
echo '<p>' . $post_type . '</p>';

or display the post type name using printf function.

printf( __( 'The post type is: %s', 'textdomain' ), get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) );

Answer 3

The method get_post_type() retrieves the post type of the current post or of a given post. More info here.