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

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# WP_REST_View_Config_Controller::register_routes()

## In this article

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

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Registers the routes for the controller.

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

    ```php
    public function register_routes() {
    	register_rest_route(
    		$this->namespace,
    		'/' . $this->rest_base,
    		array(
    			array(
    				'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
    				'callback'            => array( $this, 'get_items' ),
    				'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'get_items_permissions_check' ),
    				'args'                => array(
    					'kind' => array(
    						'description' => __( 'Entity kind.' ),
    						'type'        => 'string',
    						'required'    => true,
    					),
    					'name' => array(
    						'description' => __( 'Entity name.' ),
    						'type'        => 'string',
    						'required'    => true,
    					),
    				),
    			),
    			'schema' => array( $this, 'get_public_item_schema' ),
    		)
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-view-config-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-view-config-controller.php#L35)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-view-config-controller.php#L35-L60)

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

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

Registers a REST API route.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  |

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

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

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