wp-includes/rest-api/search/class-wp-rest-term-search-handler.php:53Searches terms for a given search request.
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One hook fires while WP_REST_Term_Search_Handler::search_items() runs, in this order:
Filters the query arguments for a REST API term search request.
public function search_items( WP_REST_Request $request ) { $taxonomies = $request[ WP_REST_Search_Controller::PROP_SUBTYPE ]; if ( in_array( WP_REST_Search_Controller::TYPE_ANY, $taxonomies, true ) ) { $taxonomies = $this->subtypes; } $page = (int) $request['page']; $per_page = (int) $request['per_page']; $query_args = array( 'taxonomy' => $taxonomies, 'hide_empty' => false, 'offset' => ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page, 'number' => $per_page, ); if ( ! empty( $request['search'] ) ) { $query_args['search'] = $request['search']; } if ( ! empty( $request['exclude'] ) ) { $query_args['exclude'] = $request['exclude']; } if ( ! empty( $request['include'] ) ) { $query_args['include'] = $request['include']; } /** * Filters the query arguments for a REST API term search request. * * Enables adding extra arguments or setting defaults for a term search request. * * @since 5.6.0 * * @param array $query_args Key value array of query var to query value. * @param WP_REST_Request $request The request used. */ $query_args = apply_filters( 'rest_term_search_query', $query_args, $request ); $query = new WP_Term_Query(); $found_terms = $query->query( $query_args ); $found_ids = wp_list_pluck( $found_terms, 'term_id' ); unset( $query_args['offset'], $query_args['number'] ); $total = wp_count_terms( $query_args ); // wp_count_terms() can return a falsey value when the term has no children. if ( ! $total ) { $total = 0; } return array( self::RESULT_IDS => $found_ids, self::RESULT_TOTAL => $total, ); }Introduced in 5.6.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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