Title: WP_REST_Menus_Controller::get_term
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_REST_Menus_Controller::get_term( int $id ): 󠀁[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)󠁿|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Gets the term, if the ID is valid.

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

 `$id`intrequired

Supplied ID.

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

 [WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
Term object if ID is valid, [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
otherwise.

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

    ```php
    protected function get_term( $id ) {
    	$term = parent::get_term( $id );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $term ) ) {
    		return $term;
    	}

    	$nav_term           = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $term );
    	$nav_term->auto_add = $this->get_menu_auto_add( $nav_term->term_id );

    	return $nav_term;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php#L63)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php#L63-L74)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Menus_Controller::get_menu_auto_add()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menus_controller/get_menu_auto_add/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php` |

Returns the value of a menu’s auto_add setting.

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| [WP_REST_Terms_Controller::get_term()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_terms_controller/get_term/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php` |

Get the term, if the ID is valid.

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

Returns a navigation menu object.

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

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Menus_Controller::create_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menus_controller/create_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php` |

Creates a single term in a taxonomy.

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| [WP_REST_Menus_Controller::update_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menus_controller/update_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php` |

Updates a single term from a taxonomy.

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| [WP_REST_Menus_Controller::delete_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menus_controller/delete_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php` |

Deletes a single term from a taxonomy.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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