apply_filters( "rest_{$this->post_type}_query", array $args, WP_REST_Request $request )

Filters WP_Query arguments when querying posts via the REST API.

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Description Description

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $this->post_type, refers to the post type slug.

Possible hook names include:

  • rest_post_query
  • rest_page_query
  • rest_attachment_query

Enables adding extra arguments or setting defaults for a post collection request.

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Parameters Parameters

$args

(array) Array of arguments for WP_Query.

$request

(WP_REST_Request) The REST API request.

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Source Source

File: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
5.7.0 Moved after the tax_query query arg is generated.
4.7.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Haris —

    Code example:

    function query_book_by_year($args, $request) {
	if(isset($request["year"]) && intval($request["year"]) > 1500) {
		$args['meta_key'] = 'year';
		$args['meta_value'] = intval($request["year"]);
	}		

	return $args;
}
add_filter('rest_book_query', 'query_book_by_year', 10, 2);
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    Contributed by Yan Sern —

    I wanted to see the SQL generated from the filters I’ve added. However, using &debug=sql on the http request parameter didn’t work for me.

    You can set a breakpoint at line 299 (at least at the time of writing) under class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php@get_items() method, which looks like this:

    $posts_query  = new WP_Query(); // line 298
$query_result = $posts_query->query( $query_args ); // line 299

    Or if you don’t have a debugger setup yet, you can do:

    $posts_query  = new WP_Query();
$query_result = $posts_query->query( $query_args );
echo $posts_query->request;
exit;

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