Title: WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::get_revision
Published: June 15, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::get_revision( int $id ): 󠀁[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)󠁿|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Get the revision, if the ID is valid.

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

 `$id`intrequired

Supplied ID.

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

 [WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
Revision post 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_revisions_controller/get_revision/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function get_revision( $id ) {
    	$error = new WP_Error(
    		'rest_post_invalid_id',
    		__( 'Invalid revision ID.' ),
    		array( 'status' => 404 )
    	);

    	if ( (int) $id <= 0 ) {
    		return $error;
    	}

    	$revision = get_post( (int) $id );
    	if ( empty( $revision ) || empty( $revision->ID ) || 'revision' !== $revision->post_type ) {
    		return $error;
    	}

    	return $revision;
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php#L205-L222)

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

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

  | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::get_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_revisions_controller/get_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php` |

Retrieves one revision from the collection.

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| [WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::delete_item_permissions_check()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_revisions_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php` |

Checks if a given request has access to delete a revision.

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

Deletes a single revision.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.2](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.2/) | Introduced. |

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