Title: rest_prepare_application_password
Published: December 9, 2020
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘rest_prepare_application_password’, WP_REST_Response $response, array $item, WP_REST_Request $request )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_prepare_application_password/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_prepare_application_password/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_prepare_application_password/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_prepare_application_password/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the REST API response for an application password.

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

 `$response`[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)

The response object.

`$item`array

The application password array.

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

The request object.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'rest_prepare_application_password', $response, $item, $request );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php#L646)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php#L646-L646)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Prepares the application password for the REST response.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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