Title: WP_REST_Navigation_Fallback_Controller::prepare_item_for_response
Published: August 8, 2023
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Navigation_Fallback_Controller::prepare_item_for_response( WP_Post $item, 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_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Matches the post data to the schema we want.

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

 `$item`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)required

The wp_navigation Post object whose response is being prepared.

`$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_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_item_for_response/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
$response The response data.

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

    ```php
    public function prepare_item_for_response( $item, $request ) {
    	$data = array();

    	$fields = $this->get_fields_for_response( $request );

    	if ( rest_is_field_included( 'id', $fields ) ) {
    		$data['id'] = (int) $item->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 ) ) {
    		$links = $this->prepare_links( $item );
    		$response->add_links( $links );
    	}

    	return $response;
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Navigation_Fallback_Controller::prepare_links()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/prepare_links/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-navigation-fallback-controller.php` |

Prepares the 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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| [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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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Navigation_Fallback_Controller::get_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_navigation_fallback_controller/get_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-navigation-fallback-controller.php` |

Gets the most appropriate fallback Navigation Menu.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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