POST /sites/$site/categories/new

Create a new category.

Resource Information


Method	POST
URL	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/categories/new
Requires authentication?	Yes

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int\|string)	Site ID or domain

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 category
description	(string)	A description of the category
parent	(int)	ID of the parent category

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=Puppies' \
 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/categories/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' => 'Puppies',
      )),
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/categories/new/',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>