PowerShell Script – To Add Content Types to a List/Library in SharePoint 2013

In this article, let us see, how to add Content Types to a List/Library using PowerShell in SharePoint. The script is very simple and straight forward.

 $LogTime = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm
 $LogFile = ".9.AddContentTypesToPagesLibrary-$LogTime.rtf"
 
 
 cls
 
 
 ##================================================================================================
 ## Description	: Add Content Types to Pages Library in Authoring Site Collection
 ## Author		: Sathish Nadarajan
 ## Date			:  
 ##================================================================================================
 
 
  
 $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "-- Add Content Types --"
 
 $StartDate = Get-Date
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "------------------------------------"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "| Add Content Types To Pages Library |"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "| Started on: $StartDate |"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "------------------------------------"
 
 ########################################################### Set the Exxecution Path #########################################
 
 $scriptBase = split-path $SCRIPT:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -parent
 Set-Location $scriptBase
 
 #start-transcript $logfile
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
  
 
  
 
 $siteCollectionURL = "http://mysitecollection.com"
 
 
 
 $siteCollection = Get-SPSite $siteCollectionURL
 $webRoot = $siteCollection.RootWeb
 
 
 
 #$webRoot.ContentTypes
 
 
 
 $siteCollection | Get-SPWeb -limit all | ForEach-Object{
         $web=Get-SPWeb $_.Url
 
         Write-Host $web.Title
 
          
 
          
             $customContentTypes = "CT1, CT2, CT3"
          
 
         Write-Host "Content Types are " $customContentTypes
 
         
         $docLib = $web.Lists["Pages"]
         write-host "Pages Document Library Name : " $docLib.Title
 
         
 
         $docLib.ContentTypesEnabled = $true
 
         $docLib.update();
 
         $customContentTypeArray = $customContentTypes.Split(",")
         write-host $customContentTypeArray
 
         foreach($customContentType in $customContentTypeArray)
         {
          
             
             write-host "adding Content Type " $customContentType
         #Write-Host $siteCollection.ContentTypes[$customContentType];
             $customCT = $webRoot.ContentTypes[$customContentType]
             #write-host $customCT;
             $docLib.ContentTypes.Add($customCT)
         }
         $docLib.update()
         
 }
 

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Happy Coding.

Sathish Nadarajan.