Title: WP_REST_Template_Autosaves_Controller::get_item
Published: November 8, 2023
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Template_Autosaves_Controller::get_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[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_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Gets the autosave, if the ID is valid.

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

 `$request`[WP_REST_Request](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_request/)
required

Full details about the request.

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

 [WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
Autosave 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_template_autosaves_controller/get_item/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function get_item( $request ) {
    	$parent = $this->get_parent( $request['parent'] );
    	if ( is_wp_error( $parent ) ) {
    		return $parent;
    	}

    	$autosave = wp_get_post_autosave( $parent->ID );

    	if ( ! $autosave ) {
    		return new WP_Error(
    			'rest_post_no_autosave',
    			__( 'There is no autosave revision for this template.' ),
    			array( 'status' => 404 )
    		);
    	}

    	$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $autosave, $request );
    	return $response;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-template-autosaves-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-template-autosaves-controller.php#L212)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-template-autosaves-controller.php#L212-L230)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Template_Autosaves_Controller::get_parent()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/get_parent/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-template-autosaves-controller.php` |

Get the parent post.

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| [WP_REST_Template_Autosaves_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_template_autosaves_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-template-autosaves-controller.php` |

Prepares the item for the REST response.

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

Retrieves the autosaved data of the specified post.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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