Title: WP_REST_Global_Styles_Controller::get_theme_items
Published: May 25, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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

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Returns the given theme global styles variations.

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

    ```php
    public function get_theme_items( $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 )
    		);
    	}

    	$response = array();

    	// Register theme-defined variations e.g. from block style variation partials under `/styles`.
    	$partials = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_style_variations( 'block' );
    	wp_register_block_style_variations_from_theme_json_partials( $partials );

    	$variations = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_style_variations();
    	foreach ( $variations as $variation ) {
    		$variation_theme_json = new WP_Theme_JSON( $variation );
    		$resolved_theme_uris  = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_resolved_theme_uris( $variation_theme_json );
    		$data                 = rest_ensure_response( $variation );
    		if ( ! empty( $resolved_theme_uris ) ) {
    			$data->add_links(
    				array(
    					'https://api.w.org/theme-file' => $resolved_theme_uris,
    				)
    			);
    		}
    		$response[] = $this->prepare_response_for_collection( $data );
    	}

    	return rest_ensure_response( $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#L625-L657)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_global_styles_controller/get_theme_items/?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.

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

Returns the style variations defined by the theme.

  | 
| [WP_Theme_JSON::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme_json/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php` |

Constructor.

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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).

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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_items/?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` for each item. | 
| [6.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.2.0/) | Returns parent theme variations, if they exist. | 
| [6.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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