Title: WP_REST_View_Config_Controller::get_items
Published: August 20, 2026

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

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Returns the default view configuration for the given entity type.

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

    ```php
    public function get_items( $request ) {
    	$kind = $request->get_param( 'kind' );
    	$name = $request->get_param( 'name' );

    	$config = wp_get_entity_view_config( $kind, $name );
    	$schema = $this->get_item_schema();

    	$response = array(
    		'kind'            => $kind,
    		'name'            => $name,
    		'version'         => WP_View_Config_Data::LATEST_VERSION,
    		'default_view'    => $this->cast_empty_objects( $config['default_view'], $schema['properties']['default_view'] ),
    		'default_layouts' => $this->cast_empty_objects( $config['default_layouts'], $schema['properties']['default_layouts'] ),
    		'view_list'       => $this->cast_empty_objects( $config['view_list'], $schema['properties']['view_list'] ),
    		'form'            => $this->cast_empty_objects( $config['form'], $schema['properties']['form'] ),
    	);

    	return rest_ensure_response( $response );
    }
    ```

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

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

Returns the view configuration for the given entity.

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| [WP_REST_View_Config_Controller::get_item_schema()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_view_config_controller/get_item_schema/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-view-config-controller.php` |

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

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| [WP_REST_View_Config_Controller::cast_empty_objects()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_view_config_controller/cast_empty_objects/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-view-config-controller.php` |

Recursively casts empty arrays to objects where the schema types them as objects.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [7.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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