Menus

These routes let you retrieve, create, update, and delete classic navigation menus.

Available routes (endpoints are described below):

/wp/v2/menus
/wp/v2/menus/{id}

Controller classes:

• WP_REST_Menus_Controller{}
  • WP_REST_Terms_Controller{}

Resource schema

The schema lists fields returned by the resource. Fields depend on the context and user capabilities.

Field	Context	Description
id	view, edit	Resource field.
count	view, edit	Resource field.
description	view, edit	Resource field.
link	view, edit	Resource field.
name	view, edit	Resource field.
slug	view, edit	Resource field.
meta	view, edit	Resource field.

/wp/v2/menus

An OPTIONS request returns methods, parameters, and the complete schema for the selected route.

$ curl -X OPTIONS -i https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/menus

Get data

Request type

GET /wp/v2/menus

Request parameters

$context(string)

Response context: view, embed, or edit.

$page(integer)

Collection page number.

$per_page(integer)

Number of items per page.

Request example

$ curl https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/menus

Create, update, and delete

Request type

POST /wp/v2/menus
POST /wp/v2/menus/{id}
DELETE /wp/v2/menus/{id}

Request parameters

$id(string)

Resource field value.

$count(string)

Resource field value.

$description(string)

Resource field value.

$link(string)

Resource field value.

Request example

$ curl -X POST https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/menus -d status=publish