Title: WP_REST_Post_Statuses_Controller::get_item_schema
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_REST_Post_Statuses_Controller::get_item_schema(): array

## In this article

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

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Retrieves the post status’ schema, conforming to JSON Schema.

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

 array Item schema data.

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

    ```php
    public function get_item_schema() {
    	if ( $this->schema ) {
    		return $this->add_additional_fields_schema( $this->schema );
    	}

    	$schema = array(
    		'$schema'    => 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#',
    		'title'      => 'status',
    		'type'       => 'object',
    		'properties' => array(
    			'name'          => array(
    				'description' => __( 'The title for the status.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'context'     => array( 'embed', 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'private'       => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether posts with this status should be private.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'protected'     => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether posts with this status should be protected.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'public'        => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether posts of this status should be shown in the front end of the site.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'queryable'     => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether posts with this status should be publicly-queryable.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'show_in_list'  => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether to include posts in the edit listing for their post type.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'slug'          => array(
    				'description' => __( 'An alphanumeric identifier for the status.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'context'     => array( 'embed', 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'date_floating' => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Whether posts of this status may have floating published dates.' ),
    				'type'        => 'boolean',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    		),
    	);

    	$this->schema = $schema;

    	return $this->add_additional_fields_schema( $this->schema );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-post-statuses-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-post-statuses-controller.php#L295)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-post-statuses-controller.php#L295-L359)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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