Title: WP_REST_Themes_Controller::sanitize_theme_status
Published: December 6, 2018
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_REST_Themes_Controller::sanitize_theme_status( string|array $statuses, WP_REST_Request $request, string $parameter ): array|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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This method has been deprecated since 5.7.0.

Sanitizes and validates the list of theme status.

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

 `$statuses`string|arrayrequired

One or more theme statuses.

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

Full details about the request.

`$parameter`stringrequired

Additional parameter to pass to validation.

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

 array|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) A
list of valid statuses, otherwise [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
object.

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

    ```php
    public function sanitize_theme_status( $statuses, $request, $parameter ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '5.7.0' );

    	$statuses = wp_parse_slug_list( $statuses );

    	foreach ( $statuses as $status ) {
    		$result = rest_validate_request_arg( $status, $request, $parameter );

    		if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
    			return $result;
    		}
    	}

    	return $statuses;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-themes-controller.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_themes_controller/sanitize_theme_status/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

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

Validate a request argument based on details registered to the route.

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

Cleans up an array, comma- or space-separated list of slugs.

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

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  | 
| [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_themes_controller/sanitize_theme_status/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.7.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [5.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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