Title: WP_REST_Menus_Controller::prepare_item_for_response
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Menus_Controller::prepare_item_for_response( WP_Term $term, WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Prepares a single term output for response.

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

 `$term`[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)required

Term object.

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

Request object.

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

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
Response object.

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

    ```php
    public function prepare_item_for_response( $term, $request ) {
    	$nav_menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $term );
    	$response = parent::prepare_item_for_response( $nav_menu, $request );

    	$fields = $this->get_fields_for_response( $request );
    	$data   = $response->get_data();

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( 'locations', $fields ) ) {
    		$data['locations'] = $this->get_menu_locations( $nav_menu->term_id );
    	}

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( 'auto_add', $fields ) ) {
    		$data['auto_add'] = $this->get_menu_auto_add( $nav_menu->term_id );
    	}

    	$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 ) ) {
    		$response->add_links( $this->prepare_links( $term ) );
    	}

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php */
    	return apply_filters( "rest_prepare_{$this->taxonomy}", $response, $term, $request );
    }
    ```

[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/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php#L123)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php#L123-L150)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menus_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [apply_filters( “rest_prepare_{$this->taxonomy}”, WP_REST_Response $response, WP_Term $item, WP_REST_Request $request )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_prepare_this-taxonomy/)

Filters the term data for a REST API response.

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

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

Returns the names of the locations assigned to the menu.

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

Prepares links for the request.

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

Prepares a single term output for response.

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

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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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/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

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

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