Title: WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# class WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Core class used to manage meta values for terms via the REST API.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_REST_Meta_Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_meta_fields/)

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields::__construct](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/__construct/) | Constructor. | 
| [WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/get_meta_subtype/) | Retrieves the term meta subtype. | 
| [WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields::get_meta_type](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/get_meta_type/) | Retrieves the term meta type. | 
| [WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields::get_rest_field_type](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_meta_fields/get_rest_field_type/) | Retrieves the type for [register_rest_field()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_rest_field/) . |

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

    ```php
    class WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields extends WP_REST_Meta_Fields {

    	/**
    	 * Taxonomy to register fields for.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.7.0
    	 * @var string
    	 */
    	protected $taxonomy;

    	/**
    	 * Constructor.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.7.0
    	 *
    	 * @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy to register fields for.
    	 */
    	public function __construct( $taxonomy ) {
    		$this->taxonomy = $taxonomy;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Retrieves the term meta type.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.7.0
    	 *
    	 * @return string The meta type.
    	 */
    	protected function get_meta_type() {
    		return 'term';
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Retrieves the term meta subtype.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.9.8
    	 *
    	 * @return string Subtype for the meta type, or empty string if no specific subtype.
    	 */
    	protected function get_meta_subtype() {
    		return $this->taxonomy;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Retrieves the type for register_rest_field().
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.7.0
    	 *
    	 * @return string The REST field type.
    	 */
    	public function get_rest_field_type() {
    		return 'post_tag' === $this->taxonomy ? 'tag' : $this->taxonomy;
    	}
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-term-meta-fields.php#L17-L70)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Meta_Fields](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_meta_fields/)`wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php` |

Core class to manage meta values for an object via the REST API.

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

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

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