Title: rest_{$this->post_type}_trashable
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( “rest_{$this->post_type}_trashable”, bool $supports_trash, WP_Post $post )

## In this article

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

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Filters whether a post is trashable.

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

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

Possible hook names include:

 * `rest_post_trashable`
 * `rest_page_trashable`
 * `rest_attachment_trashable`

Pass false to disable Trash support for the post.

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

 `$supports_trash`bool

Whether the post type support trashing.

`$post`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)

The Post object being considered for trashing support.

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

    ```php
    $supports_trash = apply_filters( "rest_{$this->post_type}_trashable", $supports_trash, $post );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php#L1123)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php#L1123-L1123)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Posts_Controller::delete_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_posts_controller/delete_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php` |

Deletes a single post.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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