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

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# WP_REST_Terms_Controller::get_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)󠁿|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Gets a single term from a taxonomy.

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

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) Response
object on success, or [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
object on failure.

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

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

    	$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $term, $request );

    	return rest_ensure_response( $response );
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php#L478-L487)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Terms_Controller::get_term()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_terms_controller/get_term/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php` |

Get the term, if the ID is valid.

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| [WP_REST_Terms_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_terms_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php` |

Prepares a single term output for response.

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| [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).

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| [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.

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

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

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