Title: WP_REST_Templates_Controller::get_items
Published: July 20, 2021
Last modified: February 24, 2026

---

# WP_REST_Templates_Controller::get_items( WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)󠁿

## In this article

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

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_templates_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Returns a list of templates.

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

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

The request instance.

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

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)

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

    ```php
    public function get_items( $request ) {
    	if ( $request->is_method( 'HEAD' ) ) {
    		// Return early as this handler doesn't add any response headers.
    		return new WP_REST_Response( array() );
    	}

    	$query = array();
    	if ( isset( $request['wp_id'] ) ) {
    		$query['wp_id'] = $request['wp_id'];
    	}
    	if ( isset( $request['area'] ) ) {
    		$query['area'] = $request['area'];
    	}
    	if ( isset( $request['post_type'] ) ) {
    		$query['post_type'] = $request['post_type'];
    	}

    	$templates = array();
    	foreach ( get_block_templates( $query, $this->post_type ) as $template ) {
    		$data        = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $template, $request );
    		$templates[] = $this->prepare_response_for_collection( $data );
    	}

    	return rest_ensure_response( $templates );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php#L271)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php#L271-L295)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Templates_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_templates_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php` |

Prepare a single template output for response

  | 
| [get_block_templates()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_block_templates/)`wp-includes/block-template-utils.php` |

Retrieves a list of unified template objects based on a query.

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

Ensures a REST response is a response object (for consistency).

  |

[Show 1 more](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_templates_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#)
[Show less](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_templates_controller/get_items/?output_format=md#)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.0/) | Introduced. |

## User Contributed Notes

You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fclasses%2Fwp_rest_templates_controller%2Fget_items%2F)
before being able to contribute a note or feedback.