Title: rest_revision_query
Published: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘rest_revision_query’, array $args, WP_REST_Request $request )

## In this article

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

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Filters [WP_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/) 
arguments when querying revisions via the REST API.

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

Serves the same purpose as the ‘rest_{$this->post_type_query’} filter in [WP_REST_Posts_Controller](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_posts_controller/),
but for the standalone [WP_REST_Revisions_Controller](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_revisions_controller/).

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

 `$args`array

Array of arguments for [WP_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/).

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

The REST API request.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters( 'rest_revision_query', $args, $request );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php#L313)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php#L313-L313)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::get_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_revisions_controller/get_items/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php` |

Gets a collection of revisions.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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