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Create a new term. – WordPress.com Developer Resources
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Create a new term.
Resource Information
Method
POST
URL
https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/new
Requires authentication?
Yes
Method Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
$site
(int|string)
Site ID or domain
$taxonomy
(string)
Taxonomy
Query Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
context
(string)
display:
(default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc..
edit:
Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope
(bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty
(bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Output pretty JSON
meta
(string)
Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields
(string)
Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback
(string)
An optional JSONP callback function.
Request Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
name
(string)
Name of the term
description
(string)
A description of the term
parent
(int)
The parent ID for the term, if hierarchical
Response Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
ID
(int)
The category ID.
name
(string)
The name of the category.
slug
(string)
The slug of the category.
description
(string)
The description of the category.
post_count
(int)
The number of posts using this category.
feed_url
(string)
The URL of the feed for this category.
parent
(int)
The parent ID for the category.
meta
(object)
Meta data
Resource Errors
This endpoint does not return any errors.
Example
curl \
-H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
--data-urlencode 'name=Ribs & Chicken' \
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/taxonomies/post_tag/terms/new'
<?php
$options = array (
'http' =>
array (
'ignore_errors' => true,
'method' => 'POST',
'header' =>
array (
0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
1 => 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
),
'content' =>
http_build_query( array (
'name' => 'Ribs & Chicken',
)),
),
);
$context = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/taxonomies/post_tag/terms/new',
false,
$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>
