Title: WP_REST_Settings_Controller::get_registered_options
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Settings_Controller::get_registered_options(): array

## In this article

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

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Retrieves all of the registered options for the Settings API.

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

 array Array of registered options.

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

    ```php
    protected function get_registered_options() {
    	$rest_options = array();

    	foreach ( get_registered_settings() as $name => $args ) {
    		if ( empty( $args['show_in_rest'] ) ) {
    			continue;
    		}

    		$rest_args = array();

    		if ( is_array( $args['show_in_rest'] ) ) {
    			$rest_args = $args['show_in_rest'];
    		}

    		$defaults = array(
    			'name'   => ! empty( $rest_args['name'] ) ? $rest_args['name'] : $name,
    			'schema' => array(),
    		);

    		$rest_args = array_merge( $defaults, $rest_args );

    		$default_schema = array(
    			'type'        => empty( $args['type'] ) ? null : $args['type'],
    			'title'       => empty( $args['label'] ) ? '' : $args['label'],
    			'description' => empty( $args['description'] ) ? '' : $args['description'],
    			'default'     => $args['default'] ?? null,
    		);

    		$rest_args['schema']      = array_merge( $default_schema, $rest_args['schema'] );
    		$rest_args['option_name'] = $name;

    		// Skip over settings that don't have a defined type in the schema.
    		if ( empty( $rest_args['schema']['type'] ) ) {
    			continue;
    		}

    		/*
    		 * Allow the supported types for settings, as we don't want invalid types
    		 * to be updated with arbitrary values that we can't do decent sanitizing for.
    		 */
    		if ( ! in_array( $rest_args['schema']['type'], array( 'number', 'integer', 'string', 'boolean', 'array', 'object' ), true ) ) {
    			continue;
    		}

    		$rest_args['schema'] = rest_default_additional_properties_to_false( $rest_args['schema'] );

    		$rest_options[ $rest_args['name'] ] = $rest_args;
    	}

    	return $rest_options;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-settings-controller.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_settings_controller/get_registered_options/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

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

Sets the “additionalProperties” to false by default for all object definitions in the schema.

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

Retrieves an array of registered settings.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Settings_Controller::get_item_schema()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_settings_controller/get_item_schema/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-settings-controller.php` |

Retrieves the site setting schema, conforming to JSON Schema.

  | 
| [WP_REST_Settings_Controller::get_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_settings_controller/get_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-settings-controller.php` |

Retrieves the settings.

  | 
| [WP_REST_Settings_Controller::update_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_settings_controller/update_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-settings-controller.php` |

Updates settings for the settings object.

  |

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

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

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