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

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# apply_filters( ‘rest_term_search_query’, array $query_args, WP_REST_Request $request )

## In this article

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

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Filters the query arguments for a REST API term search request.

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

Enables adding extra arguments or setting defaults for a term search request.

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

 `$query_args`array

Key value array of query var to query value.

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

The request used.

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

    ```php
    $query_args = apply_filters( 'rest_term_search_query', $query_args, $request );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/search/class-wp-rest-term-search-handler.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/search/class-wp-rest-term-search-handler.php#L91)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/search/class-wp-rest-term-search-handler.php#L91-L91)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Term_Search_Handler::search_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_term_search_handler/search_items/)`wp-includes/rest-api/search/class-wp-rest-term-search-handler.php` |

Searches terms for a given search request.

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

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

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