wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-templates-controller.php:160Returns the fallback template for the given slug.
$requestWP_REST_RequestWP_REST_Response|WP_Error public function get_template_fallback( $request ) { $hierarchy = get_template_hierarchy( $request['slug'], $request['is_custom'], $request['template_prefix'] ); do { $fallback_template = resolve_block_template( $request['slug'], $hierarchy, '' ); array_shift( $hierarchy ); } while ( ! empty( $hierarchy ) && empty( $fallback_template->content ) ); // To maintain original behavior, return an empty object rather than a 404 error when no template is found. $response = $fallback_template ? $this->prepare_item_for_response( $fallback_template, $request ) : new stdClass(); return rest_ensure_response( $response ); }Introduced in 6.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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