id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,focuses 53915,Add show show_in_rest param to register_sidebar,spacedmonkey,TimothyBlynJacobs,"Sidebars can be queries via the sidebar REST API, added in WordPress 5.8. However this data is not public, as requires the current user to be have rights to edit the widget to see the sidebar in the api. Sidebars are registered in PHP, so adding `show_in_rest` param, should be easy. This opt-in feature would make sidebar data, including embedded widgets, public, if the dev opts in. ",enhancement,closed,normal,5.9,REST API,5.8,normal,fixed,has-patch has-unit-tests,,rest-api