Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getTerms
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getTerms( array $args ): array|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves all terms for a taxonomy.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [get_terms()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_terms/)

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

 `$args`arrayrequired

Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` string
 * Username.
 * `2` string
 * Password.
 * `3` string
 * Taxonomy name.
 * `4` array
 * Optional. Modifies the query used to retrieve posts. Accepts `'number'`, `'offset'`,`'
   orderby'`, `'order'`, `'hide_empty'`, and `'search'`. Default empty array.

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

 array|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)
An associative array of terms data on success, [IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)
instance otherwise.

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

    ```php
    public function wp_getTerms( $args ) {
    	if ( ! $this->minimum_args( $args, 4 ) ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	$this->escape( $args );

    	$username = $args[1];
    	$password = $args[2];
    	$taxonomy = $args[3];
    	$filter   = isset( $args[4] ) ? $args[4] : array();

    	$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
    	if ( ! $user ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getTerms', $args, $this );

    	if ( ! taxonomy_exists( $taxonomy ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Invalid taxonomy.' ) );
    	}

    	$taxonomy = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );

    	if ( ! current_user_can( $taxonomy->cap->assign_terms ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to assign terms in this taxonomy.' ) );
    	}

    	$query = array( 'taxonomy' => $taxonomy->name );

    	if ( isset( $filter['number'] ) ) {
    		$query['number'] = absint( $filter['number'] );
    	}

    	if ( isset( $filter['offset'] ) ) {
    		$query['offset'] = absint( $filter['offset'] );
    	}

    	if ( isset( $filter['orderby'] ) ) {
    		$query['orderby'] = $filter['orderby'];

    		if ( isset( $filter['order'] ) ) {
    			$query['order'] = $filter['order'];
    		}
    	}

    	if ( isset( $filter['hide_empty'] ) ) {
    		$query['hide_empty'] = $filter['hide_empty'];
    	} else {
    		$query['get'] = 'all';
    	}

    	if ( isset( $filter['search'] ) ) {
    		$query['search'] = $filter['search'];
    	}

    	$terms = get_terms( $query );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $terms ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 500, $terms->get_error_message() );
    	}

    	$struct = array();

    	foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
    		$struct[] = $this->_prepare_term( $term );
    	}

    	return $struct;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call’, string $name, array|string $args, wp_xmlrpc_server $server )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call/)

Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method
logic begins.

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

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

Retrieves the terms in a given taxonomy or list of taxonomies.

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

Determines whether the taxonomy name exists.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::minimum_args()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/minimum_args/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Checks if the method received at least the minimum number of arguments.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_term()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/_prepare_term/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Prepares term data for return in an XML-RPC object.

  | 
| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Converts a value to non-negative integer.

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

Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.

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

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::login()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/login/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Logs user in.

  | 
| [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_xmlrpc_server/wp_getterms/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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