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Add Content Type To List in SharePoint using PowerShell

The example in this topic show how to use PowerShell to Add Content Type To List in SharePoint
  • Using PnP (Pattern and Practice) PowerShell commands, you can access and manipulate SharePoint objects easily.
  • Prerequisite: You have to install cmdlets to work in PnP PowerShell.

How to run PnP PowerShell command in SharePoint?

  • First, open powershell ise.
  • powershell ise
  • Make sure you run it in Administrator Mode.
  • Now, copy and paste the code mentioned below and click on Run Script as shown in the screenshot.
  • powershell ise run command

  • # Provide credentials over here
  • $creds = (New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "<<UserName>>",(ConvertTo-SecureString "<<Password>>" -AsPlainText -Force))
  •  
  • # Provide URL of the Site over here
  • # If you do not wish to pass credentials hard coded then you can use: -Credentials (Get-Credential). This will prompt to enter credentials
  • Connect-PnPOnline -Url http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection -Credentials $creds
  •  
  • $targetWeb = Get-PnPWeb
  •  
  • # Get Context
  • $clientContext = Get-PnPContext
  •  
  • # Get site content type object
  • $SiteContentType = Get-PnPContentType -Identity "Content Type Title"
  •  
  • # Get the list object where you need to add the content type
  • $targetList = $targetWeb.Lists.GetByTitle("List Name")
  •  
  • # Load List object
  • $clientContext.Load($targetList)
  • $clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
  •  
  • # Add content type to list
  • $targetList.ContentTypes.AddExistingContentType($SiteContentType)
  • $targetList.Update()
  • $clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
  •  
  • Disconnect-PnPOnline

Thank you for reading this article. This code was tested in SharePoint 2013


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