Title: WP_REST_Global_Styles_Controller::get_theme_item
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_REST_Global_Styles_Controller::get_theme_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)󠁿|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Returns the given theme global styles config.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$request`[WP_REST_Request](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_request/)
required

The request instance.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_item/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)

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

    ```php
    public function get_theme_item( $request ) {
    	if ( get_stylesheet() !== $request['stylesheet'] ) {
    		// This endpoint only supports the active theme for now.
    		return new WP_Error(
    			'rest_theme_not_found',
    			__( 'Theme not found.' ),
    			array( 'status' => 404 )
    		);
    	}

    	$theme  = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_merged_data( 'theme' );
    	$fields = $this->get_fields_for_response( $request );
    	$data   = array();

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( 'settings', $fields ) ) {
    		$data['settings'] = $theme->get_settings();
    	}

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( 'styles', $fields ) ) {
    		$raw_data       = $theme->get_raw_data();
    		$data['styles'] = isset( $raw_data['styles'] ) ? $raw_data['styles'] : array();
    	}

    	$context = ! empty( $request['context'] ) ? $request['context'] : 'view';
    	$data    = $this->add_additional_fields_to_object( $data, $request );
    	$data    = $this->filter_response_by_context( $data, $context );

    	$response = rest_ensure_response( $data );

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( '_links', $fields ) || rest_is_field_included( '_embedded', $fields ) ) {
    		$links               = array(
    			'self' => array(
    				'href' => rest_url( sprintf( '%s/%s/themes/%s', $this->namespace, $this->rest_base, $request['stylesheet'] ) ),
    			),
    		);
    		$resolved_theme_uris = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_resolved_theme_uris( $theme );
    		if ( ! empty( $resolved_theme_uris ) ) {
    			$links['https://api.w.org/theme-file'] = $resolved_theme_uris;
    		}
    		$response->add_links( $links );
    	}

    	return $response;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-global-styles-controller.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-global-styles-controller.php#L556-L599)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_resolved_theme_uris()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme_json_resolver/get_resolved_theme_uris/)`wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php` |

Resolves relative paths in theme.json styles to theme absolute paths and returns them in an array that can be embedded as the value of `_link` object in REST API responses.

  | 
| [WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_merged_data()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme_json_resolver/get_merged_data/)`wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php` |

Returns the data merged from multiple origins.

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

Given an array of fields to include in a response, some of which may be `nested.fields`, determine whether the provided field should be included in the response body.

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

Retrieves name of the current stylesheet.

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

Ensures a REST response is a response object (for consistency).

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

Retrieves the URL to a REST endpoint.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.6.0/) | Added custom relative theme file URIs to `_links`. | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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