Title: WP_REST_Server::set_status
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_REST_Server::set_status( int $code )

## In this article

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

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Sends an HTTP status code.

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

 `$code`intrequired

HTTP status.

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

    ```php
    protected function set_status( $code ) {
    	status_header( $code );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php#L1881)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php#L1881-L1883)

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

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

Sets HTTP status header.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Server::serve_request()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/serve_request/)`wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php` |

Handles serving a REST API request.

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| [WP_REST_Server::json_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/json_error/)`wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php` |

Retrieves an appropriate error representation in JSON.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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