GET /sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/slug:$slug

Get information about a single term.

Resource Information

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Method	GET
URL	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/slug:$slug
Requires authentication?	No

Method Parameters

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Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int\|string)	Site ID or domain
$taxonomy	(string)	Taxonomy
$slug	(string)	Term slug

Query Parameters

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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.

Response Parameters

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Parameter	Type	Description
ID	(int)	The term ID.
name	(string)	The name of the term.
slug	(string)	The slug of the term.
description	(string)	The description of the term.
post_count	(int)	The number of posts using this term.
parent	(int)	The parent ID for the term, if hierarchical.

Resource Errors

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This endpoint does not return any errors.