Resource Information
Method
POST
URL
https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/categories/slug:$category
Requires authentication?
Yes
Method Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
$site
(int|string)
Site ID or domain
$category
(string)
The category slug
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
These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.
HTTP Code
Error Identifier
Error Message
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this private blog.
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this restricted blog
404
unknown_taxonomy
That taxonomy does not exist
404
unknown_taxonomy
Unknown taxonomy
400
duplicate
A taxonomy with that name already exists
403
unauthorized
User cannot edit taxonomy
403
authorization_required
An active access token must be used to manage taxonomies.
400
invalid_input
Unknown data passed
400
invalid_input
Invalid request input
Example
curl \
-H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
--data-urlencode 'description=Puppies are great!' \
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/categories/slug:testing-category'
<?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 (
'description' => 'Puppies are great!',
)),
),
);
$context = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/82974409/categories/slug:testing-category',
false,
$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>
Response
{
"ID": 237051,
"name": "Testing Category",
"slug": "testing-category",
"description": "Puppies are great!",
"post_count": 0,
"parent": 0,
"meta": {
"links": {
"self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/82974409\/categories\/slug:testing-category",
"help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/82974409\/categories\/slug:testing-category\/help",
"site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/82974409"
}
}
}