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#46267
|
Add generated_slug to REST API autosaves endpoint
|
|
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normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
10/25/2020
|
|
#54513
|
Add meta support to template REST API
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
11/25/2021
|
|
#62855
|
Add object_id to WP_REST_Meta_Fields::prepare_value_for_response()
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
05/26/2025
|
|
#63231
|
Add support for batching GET REST API Requests
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
04/04/2025
|
|
#63670
|
Add trashability to REST API posts controller
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
07/29/2025
|
|
#53673
|
Add unit tests for v5.8 widget sidebar IDs
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
02/12/2025
|
|
#59903
|
Add user pattern categories to the pattern categories API response
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
12/21/2023
|
|
#63761
|
Adding Edit/PUT Method for Template REST API Endpoint.
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.1
|
enhancement
|
02/20/2026
|
|
#47962
|
Allow apiRequest to do requests on external WordPress sites
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/02/2019
|
|
#64073
|
Attachments REST API: extend to support ordering by `mime_type`.
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
10/20/2025
|
|
#63074
|
Automated Output Escaping Based on REST API Schema
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
03/07/2025
|
|
#49538
|
Can't get a subset of `_embedded` using `_fields`
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
07/25/2024
|
|
#42785
|
Change default of `show_in_rest` in register_post_type and register_taxonomy
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
01/07/2020
|
|
#57223
|
Comments Controller : Should max/total be pre- or post- filtering? It is pre-. Reconsider?
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
11/28/2022
|
|
#52590
|
Consider increasing the limit of the perPage argument in paginated requests.
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
02/22/2021
|
|
#58849
|
Document supported $args for register_rest_route()
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
07/25/2025
|
|
#54293
|
Expand functionality of themes REST API
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
08/04/2025
|
|
#53603
|
Expose block data directly through REST API endpoints
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
12/16/2024
|
|
#44694
|
Extra and un-neccessary query when no posts found in Posts Rest Controller
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
02/12/2025
|
|
#39863
|
HTML description property of term in WP_REST_Terms_Controller lacks display filters
|
joehoyle
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
07/11/2019
|
|
#49277
|
Implement email sanitize in REST API
|
spacedmonkey
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
11/04/2021
|
|
#43428
|
Improve CORS headers sent to REST Api requests
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
04/24/2023
|
|
#41463
|
Improve REST API tests that don't perform any assertions
|
johnbillion*
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
09/01/2022
|
|
#64019
|
Improve clarity of REST API meta field error message "The %s property has an invalid stored value, and cannot be updated to null."
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/22/2025
|
|
#55675
|
Improve performance Themes REST API endpoint
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
04/16/2024
|
|
#52840
|
Include filesize information in REST API response for all media types
|
rachelbaker*
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
01/13/2023
|
|
#41735
|
Include titles for JSON Schema properties
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
12/03/2017
|
|
#43681
|
Incorrect HTTP status code in 'posts' query.
|
|
close
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
07/07/2025
|
|
#48822
|
Indicate partial success/error of a REST API request
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
10/24/2020
|
|
#63946
|
Introduce a mechanism for lazy-loading REST routes and handlers
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
02/10/2026
|
|
#49179
|
Manage Post trackbacks within the REST API
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/24/2020
|
|
#61978
|
Managing Dynamic Search, Category Filtering, and Pagination for Bulk Patterns
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/09/2024
|
|
#55672
|
Media endpoint allows multiple media types on request, but only returns image in response
|
|
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
05/04/2022
|
|
#60608
|
Missing REST API users endpoint orderby parameters
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
02/22/2024
|
|
#57221
|
Opportunity for optimization on invalid query to REST API Search Controller
|
|
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
11/28/2022
|
|
#53836
|
Option to additionally format API response
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
07/30/2021
|
|
#62701
|
Post controller: support for grouping results by parent-child relationship
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/07/2025
|
|
#47194
|
Posts endpoint: Enable collection parameters for querying by custom field
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/25/2020
|
|
#62604
|
Prevent false-positive in validate_callback() in REST API
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
05/26/2025
|
|
#50409
|
REST API about links should be embeddable.
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/15/2020
|
|
#39061
|
REST API pagination: Large INT passed to `paged` query arg doesn't fail properly
|
joehoyle
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/04/2017
|
|
#53860
|
REST API returns special characters as Unicode Decimal Code
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
02/10/2025
|
|
#56587
|
REST API sanitize and validate order / priority
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/16/2022
|
|
#38702
|
REST API: Add accessor functions for post_status and post_parent
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
01/18/2022
|
|
#54247
|
REST API: Add block editor settings endpoint
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/21/2021
|
|
#51757
|
REST API: Add const validation
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
01/25/2021
|
|
#41821
|
REST API: Add support for threaded comments
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
09/24/2020
|
|
#46238
|
REST API: Allow conditional field registration
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
07/28/2025
|
|
#40556
|
REST API: Allow for server generating a user's password
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
04/27/2017
|
|
#41616
|
REST API: Expose old slugs
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
07/22/2024
|
|
#39954
|
REST API: Improve date updates if both `date` and `date_gmt` are set
|
|
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
03/09/2017
|
|
#45140
|
REST API: Increase upper bound allowed on per_page argument
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
05/19/2025
|
|
#36257
|
REST API: It's difficult to impossible to determine the endpoint matched to a request
|
rmccue
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
01/18/2022
|
|
#63092
|
REST API: Support preloading 'HEAD' requests
|
Mamaduka
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
03/13/2025
|
|
#48885
|
REST API: Support reading public settings, implement context handling
|
spacedmonkey
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/20/2025
|
|
#38813
|
REST API: Test schema registration for required fields.
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
06/05/2025
|
|
#41554
|
REST API: Use `wp.apiRequest` helper to build URLs for media embed requests
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/25/2019
|
|
#49330
|
REST API: introduce block-editor context
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/01/2020
|
|
#45252
|
Reconsider the `context` argument in REST API calls
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
11/21/2019
|
|
#35425
|
Return HTTP status code in WP_Error objects
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
03/26/2017
|
|
#61308
|
Return `post_types` field in templates REST API
|
oandregal
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
01/14/2025
|
|
#59635
|
Revise the regular expressions defining endpoints for template revisions, template autosaves, template part revisions, and template part autosaves endpoints
|
antonvlasenko
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
12/04/2023
|
|
#39037
|
Should REST API support multiple orderby values?
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
03/27/2025
|
|
#62333
|
Simplify code structure and optimize conditional logic in REST API controllers
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
11/21/2024
|
|
#38641
|
Support partial ISO8601 dates in queries
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
01/18/2022
|
|
#63253
|
Theme REST API: expose "has_theme_json" field
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
05/05/2025
|
|
#56368
|
Unable to use enum with array data type - REST API
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/04/2022
|
|
#40748
|
Use REST API for Community Events
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
10/25/2020
|
|
#48816
|
Use get_bloginfo in the REST API index
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
11/29/2019
|
|
#40988
|
Use objects for `get_item_schema()` calls
|
pbearne
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
06/12/2024
|
|
#57361
|
WP_REST_Attachments_Controller::get_media_types not returning existing mime types, but the ones allowed for upload
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
12/20/2022
|
|
#39473
|
get_routes() called multiple times within single REST request causing the rest_endpoints() filter to also fire more than once
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
09/17/2024
|
|
#54387
|
trailing slash in the url /wp-json
|
|
dev-feedback
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
06/25/2024
|
|
#64045
|
/wp-json/wp/v2/menus incorrectly emits 403 for invalid `post` param
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
09/27/2025
|
|
#62742
|
Add Missing REST API Filters to WP_REST_Global_Styles_Revisions_Controller
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
11/03/2025
|
|
#60055
|
Array to string conversion warning after r50157
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
06/30/2025
|
|
#52925
|
Autosaves controller: Post checks will never catch invalid IDs
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
07/25/2024
|
|
#57973
|
Can not delete custom template when name contains non-Latin characters
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
05/12/2025
|
|
#63982
|
Comment REST API route: add support multiple statuses
|
adamsilverstein
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.1
|
defect (bug)
|
03/05/2026
|
|
#64260
|
Default filter `doing_it_wrong_trigger_error` for REST request cause no notice at all.
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
02/27/2026
|
|
#63186
|
Empty `properties` PHP array in REST API JSON schema leads to invalid JSON schema output
|
flixos90
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
02/13/2026
|
|
#47188
|
Ensure that valid json is return for rest api, even when correct headers not sent.
|
spacedmonkey
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
01/03/2021
|
|
#54516
|
Full site editing/REST-API: modify permission checks to use post type.
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
05/20/2025
|
|
#63294
|
Got this error when send image via REST API on WP 6.8
|
|
reporter-feedback
|
normal
|
critical
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
07/01/2025
|
|
#39889
|
Improve/Fix REST Response on Multisite when an endpoint for a non-existent site is hit.
|
|
needs-unit-tests
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
07/09/2019
|
|
#64541
|
In GET requests, interfaces containing the `search` parameter can be vulnerable to logic errors triggered by the input `%2500`.
|
|
|
normal
|
major
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
01/22/2026
|
|
#64168
|
Inaccurate JSON schema for template-parts endpoint
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
10/31/2025
|
|
#52629
|
Introduce a better way to deprecate REST API parameters
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
02/23/2021
|
|
#53784
|
Limiting user enumeration through the REST API
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
08/05/2024
|
|
#57945
|
Locale bug in short-circuited WP REST API request via rest_pre_dispatch?
|
|
close
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
03/20/2023
|
|
#53372
|
Loose type check against dates in rest_validate_value_from_schema causes invalidation for valid timestamp
|
|
close
|
normal
|
minor
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
02/25/2025
|
|
#64183
|
Mixed attachment permission when two posts are using it
|
johnjamesjacoby
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
01/28/2026
|
|
#53942
|
Non-single post meta multiple value update breaks post save through REST API
|
|
|
normal
|
blocker
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
08/17/2021
|
|
#53828
|
Nullable registered meta with format does not display in JSON schema
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
07/29/2021
|
|
#61061
|
PHP Warning with invalid JSON input
|
|
has-patch
|
low
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
02/19/2026
|
|
#53117
|
Post types which are not public, but which are show_in_rest and publicly_queryable and not exclude_from_search, do not appear in REST API search endpoint
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
04/30/2021
|
|
#53242
|
Potential private information leak in REST API doing it wrong
|
|
reporter-feedback
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
05/21/2021
|
|
#55128
|
REST API /media leaves holes in the result, making it virtually impossible to paginate through them
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
02/09/2022
|
|
#62671
|
REST API Plugins Endpoint: Plugins are activated before language packages are installed
|
|
has-patch
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
03/03/2026
|
|
#56668
|
REST API calls are failed when cookies are cleared from the site
|
|
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
09/27/2022
|