Title: WP_REST_Controller::register_routes
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_REST_Controller::register_routes()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Registers the routes for the objects of the controller.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [register_rest_route()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_rest_route/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function register_routes() {
    	_doing_it_wrong(
    		'WP_REST_Controller::register_routes',
    		/* translators: %s: register_routes() */
    		sprintf( __( "Method '%s' must be overridden." ), __METHOD__ ),
    		'4.7.0'
    	);
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [_doing_it_wrong()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_doing_it_wrong/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks something as being incorrectly called.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_controller/register_routes/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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