register_rest_field( string|array $object_type, string $attribute, array $args = array() )

Registers a new field on an existing WordPress object type.

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Parameters Parameters

$object_type

(string|array) (Required) Object(s) the field is being registered to, "post"|"term"|"comment" etc.

$attribute

(string) (Required) The attribute name.

$args

(array) (Optional) An array of arguments used to handle the registered field.

  • 'get_callback'
    (string|array|null) Optional. The callback function used to retrieve the field value. Default is 'null', the field will not be returned in the response.
  • 'update_callback'
    (string|array|null) Optional. The callback function used to set and update the field value. Default is 'null', the value cannot be set or updated.
  • 'schema'
    (string|array|null) Optional. The callback function used to create the schema for this field. Default is 'null', no schema entry will be returned.

Default value: array()

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File: wp-includes/rest-api.php 

function register_rest_field( $object_type, $attribute, $args = array() ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'get_callback'    => null,
		'update_callback' => null,
		'schema'          => null,
	);

	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	global $wp_rest_additional_fields;

	$object_types = (array) $object_type;

	foreach ( $object_types as $object_type ) {
		$wp_rest_additional_fields[ $object_type ][ $attribute ] = $args;
	}
}

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Version Description
4.7.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Nate Finch —

    An example to add all of the post meta to a post-meta-fields field:

    add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'create_api_posts_meta_field' );

function create_api_posts_meta_field() {

	// register_rest_field ( 'name-of-post-type', 'name-of-field-to-return', array-of-callbacks-and-schema() )
	register_rest_field( 'post', 'post-meta-fields', array(
	       'get_callback'    => 'get_post_meta_for_api',
	       'schema'          => null,
	    )
	);
}

function get_post_meta_for_api( $object ) {
	//get the id of the post object array
	$post_id = $object['id'];

	//return the post meta
 	return get_post_meta( $post_id );
}

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    This can be extended or edited. For example, if you don’t want to include all the post meta, you can filter it, or return only the field you need. The options are limitless, but the callback gives you access to the post object, which exposes the id among other parameters, so you can use many different helper functions.

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    Contributed by Matt Barrett (corradomatt) —

    GET callbacks accept up to 4 arguments in order…

    • $post – (object) Post or custom post type object of the request.
    • $attr – (string) Rest field/attr string identifier from the second parameter of your register_rest_field() declaration.
    • $request – (object) Full request payload – as a WP_REST_Request object
    • $object_type – (string) The object type which the field is registered against. Typically first parameter of your register_rest_field() declaration.

    Post callbacks accept the above arguments but also a 5th argument in the first position which is the value being passed from the POST request to the attribute/field.

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    Contributed by systemosa — 
    // assume there custom post_type named events 
add_action( 'rest_api_init', function() {
    register_rest_field( 'events', 'event_date', array(

        'get_callback' => function( $comment_arr ) {
            $comment_obj = get_field('event_date', $comment_arr['id'] );
            return $comment_obj;
        },

        'update_callback' => function( $karma, $comment_obj ) {
            update_field('event_date', $karma, $comment_arr['id'] );
            return true;
        },

        'schema' => array(
            'event_date' => __( 'event_date' ),
            'type'        => 'text'
        ),

    ));

});

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