category meta endpoint always returns an empty array

[MrG0lden]

As the title says, when I use categories route "/wp/v2/categories/" it returns an array of "category" objects, as stated in the documentation. But it always returns an empty array for meta object, whether it has meta fields or not. However, when I use get_term_meta() I get an associative array that contains all meta fields as key => value pairs -as expected-.

[dbascent94]

Have you made any direct database updates recently? I just encountered this issue and I solved it by resetting the taxonomy cache in the wp_options table. Look for an option_name like ${taxonomy}_children where ${taxonomy} is the hierarchical taxonomy you are trying to query, example: category_children. If you set that back to null, the next time WP runs the query it will recache the results.

[rmccue]

Is your category meta registered? Meta keys that you want to appear in REST API responses must ​be registered with the show_in_rest option set to true (or to an array of options).

[MrG0lden]

Replying to rmccue:

Is your category meta registered? Meta keys that you want to appear in REST API responses must ​be registered with the show_in_rest option set to true (or to an array of options).

Thanks, that works!

[rmccue]

Replying to MrG0lden:

Thanks, that works!

Fantastic. :)