wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php:813Prepares a single term for create or update.
$requestWP_REST_RequestobjectOne hook fires while WP_REST_Terms_Controller::prepare_item_for_database() runs, in this order:
Filters term data before inserting term via the REST API.
public function prepare_item_for_database( $request ) { $prepared_term = new stdClass(); $schema = $this->get_item_schema(); if ( isset( $request['name'] ) && ! empty( $schema['properties']['name'] ) ) { $prepared_term->name = $request['name']; } if ( isset( $request['slug'] ) && ! empty( $schema['properties']['slug'] ) ) { $prepared_term->slug = $request['slug']; } if ( isset( $request['taxonomy'] ) && ! empty( $schema['properties']['taxonomy'] ) ) { $prepared_term->taxonomy = $request['taxonomy']; } if ( isset( $request['description'] ) && ! empty( $schema['properties']['description'] ) ) { $prepared_term->description = $request['description']; } if ( isset( $request['parent'] ) && ! empty( $schema['properties']['parent'] ) ) { $parent_term_id = 0; $requested_parent = (int) $request['parent']; if ( $requested_parent ) { $parent_term = get_term( $requested_parent, $this->taxonomy ); if ( $parent_term instanceof WP_Term ) { $parent_term_id = $parent_term->term_id; } } $prepared_term->parent = $parent_term_id; } /** * Filters term data before inserting term via the REST API. * * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$this->taxonomy`, refers to the taxonomy slug. * * Possible hook names include: * * - `rest_pre_insert_category` * - `rest_pre_insert_post_tag` * * @since 4.7.0 * * @param object $prepared_term Term object. * @param WP_REST_Request $request Request object. */ return apply_filters( "rest_pre_insert_{$this->taxonomy}", $prepared_term, $request ); }Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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