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This document details changes to the WP REST API since its public release in version 4.7.0.

Version 4.9.8 Version 4.9.8

  • Add an object_subtype argument to the $args parameter for register_meta(): this parameter allows developers to specify the object subtypes (i.e. specific post types or taxonomies) for which the registered meta will appear when show_in_rest is true. Introduce new wrapper methods register_post_meta() and register_term_meta() which are recommended instead of register_meta when working with post or term meta. r43378

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Version 4.8.1 Version 4.8.1

  • Add a filter to allow modifying the response after embedded data is added. r41093
  • wp-api.js client: Correctly interpret settings resource as a model rather than a collection. r41126
  • Fix PUT (and other) requests for nginx servers by tweaking REST API URLs. r41140

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Version 4.8.0 Version 4.8.0

  • Improve strings added after 4.7.0 string freeze. r40571, r40606
  • Canonicalize header names in WP_REST_Request::remove_header(). r40577
  • Allow Origin: null from file: URLs. r40600
  • Set global $post variable when preparing revisions. r40601
  • Include featured_media in embed responses. r40602
  • Add author, modified, and parent sort order options for posts. r40605
  • Add endpoint for proxying requests to external oEmbed providers, and use it in the media modal instead of the parse-embed AJAX action.  This is the first usage of the WP REST API in wp-admin. r40628
  • Do not set X-WP-Deprecated* headers as often. r40782
  • Avoid sending blank Last-Modified headers with authenticated requests. r40805
  • Fix changing parameters with $request->set_param() for some requests. r40815
  • In the admin area, ensure the REST API endpoint URL is forced to https when necessary. r40843

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Version 4.7.4 Version 4.7.4

  • Fix another (DST-related) issue with dates of posts. r40325
  • Add gmt_offset and timezone_string to the base /wp-json response. r40336
  • Confirm that the parent post object of an attachment exists in WP_REST_Posts_Controller::check_read_permission(). r40337
  • Allow fetching multiple users and terms at once via the slug parameters of the respective endpoints. r40426, r40427

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Version 4.7.3 Version 4.7.3

  • Cast revision author ID to int. r40078
  • Correctly serve the index with PATH_INFO. r40079
  • Include the status property in view context responses from the Posts endpoints. r40081
  • wp-api.js client: Use _.extend instead of _.union when merging objects. r40084
  • To prepare for a full multisite implementation in 4.8, do not allow access to users from a different site. r40111
  • Correctly parse body parameters for DELETE requests. r40113
  • Fix multiple issues with dates of posts and comments. r40114, r40115
  • wp-api.js client: Fix route discovery for custom namespaces. r40117
  • Fix the behavior of the sticky posts filter when no posts are sticky. r40136
  • Allow setting all post formats even if they are not supported by the theme. r40137

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Version 4.7.2 Version 4.7.2

  • Unify object access handling for simplicity. r39957

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Version 4.7.1 Version 4.7.1

  • Treat any falsy value as false in 'rest_allow_anonymous_comments'. r39566
  • wp-api.js client: Fix setup of models used by wp.api.collections objects. r39604
  • Do not error on empty JSON body. r39609
  • Do not include the password argument for the GET /wp/v2/media endpoint. r39610
  • Allow sending empty or no-op comment updates. r39628
  • Add support for filename search in the GET /wp/v2/media endpoint. r39629
  • Fix PHP warnings when get_theme_support( 'post-formats' ) is not an array. r39630
  • Improve the rest_*_collection_params filter docs and fix the terms filter. r39631
  • Allow schema sanitization_callback to be set to null to bypass built-in sanitization. r39642
  • Change which users are shown in the users endpoint. r39844