Title: WP_REST_Terms_Controller::get_item_schema
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Terms_Controller::get_item_schema(): array

## In this article

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

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Retrieves the term’s schema, conforming to JSON Schema.

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

 array Item schema data.

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

    ```php
    public function get_item_schema() {
    	if ( $this->schema ) {
    		return $this->add_additional_fields_schema( $this->schema );
    	}

    	$schema = array(
    		'$schema'    => 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#',
    		'title'      => 'post_tag' === $this->taxonomy ? 'tag' : $this->taxonomy,
    		'type'       => 'object',
    		'properties' => array(
    			'id'          => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Unique identifier for the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'integer',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'embed', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'count'       => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Number of published posts for the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'integer',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'description' => array(
    				'description' => __( 'HTML description of the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    			),
    			'link'        => array(
    				'description' => __( 'URL of the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'format'      => 'uri',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'embed', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    			'name'        => array(
    				'description' => __( 'HTML title for the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'embed', 'edit' ),
    				'arg_options' => array(
    					'sanitize_callback' => 'sanitize_text_field',
    				),
    				'required'    => true,
    			),
    			'slug'        => array(
    				'description' => __( 'An alphanumeric identifier for the term unique to its type.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'embed', 'edit' ),
    				'arg_options' => array(
    					'sanitize_callback' => array( $this, 'sanitize_slug' ),
    				),
    			),
    			'taxonomy'    => array(
    				'description' => __( 'Type attribution for the term.' ),
    				'type'        => 'string',
    				'enum'        => array( $this->taxonomy ),
    				'context'     => array( 'view', 'embed', 'edit' ),
    				'readonly'    => true,
    			),
    		),
    	);

    	$taxonomy = get_taxonomy( $this->taxonomy );

    	if ( $taxonomy->hierarchical ) {
    		$schema['properties']['parent'] = array(
    			'description' => __( 'The parent term ID.' ),
    			'type'        => 'integer',
    			'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
    		);
    	}

    	$schema['properties']['meta'] = $this->meta->get_field_schema();

    	$this->schema = $schema;

    	return $this->add_additional_fields_schema( $this->schema );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php#L1045)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php#L1045-L1121)

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

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.

  |

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

Retrieves the term’s schema, conforming to JSON Schema.

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

Prepares a single term for create or update.

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

Creates a single term in a taxonomy.

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

Updates a single term from a taxonomy.

  |

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

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

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