Title: WP_REST_Icon_Collections_Controller::get_items
Published: August 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Icon_Collections_Controller::get_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_icon_collections_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves all icon collections.

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

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

Full details about the request.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/get_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/) Response
object on success, or [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
object on failure.

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

    ```php
    public function get_items( $request ) {
    	$response    = array();
    	$collections = WP_Icon_Collections_Registry::get_instance()->get_all_registered();
    	foreach ( $collections as $collection ) {
    		$prepared_collection = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $collection, $request );
    		$response[]          = $this->prepare_response_for_collection( $prepared_collection );
    	}
    	return rest_ensure_response( $response );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icon-collections-controller.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icon-collections-controller.php#L127-L135)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Icon_Collections_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icon_collections_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icon-collections-controller.php` |

Prepares a raw icon collection before it gets output in a REST API response.

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| [WP_Icon_Collections_Registry::get_instance()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_icon_collections_registry/get_instance/)`wp-includes/class-wp-icon-collections-registry.php` |

Utility method to retrieve the main instance of the class.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [7.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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