rest_pre_insert_(taxonomy) │ filter-hook │ WP 4.7.0

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

Usage

add_filter( 'rest_pre_insert_(taxonomy)', 'wp_kama_rest_pre_insert_taxonomy_filter', 10, 2 );

/**
 * Function for `rest_pre_insert_(taxonomy)` filter-hook.
 * 
 * @param object          $prepared_term Term object.
 * @param WP_REST_Request $request       Request object.
 *
 * @return object
 */
function wp_kama_rest_pre_insert_taxonomy_filter( $prepared_term, $request ){

	// filter...
	return $prepared_term;
}

$prepared_term(object)

Term object.

$request(WP_REST_Request)

Request object.

Changelog

Where the hook is called

return apply_filters( "rest_pre_insert_{$this->taxonomy}", $prepared_term, $request );

Where the hook is used in WordPress

add_filter( 'rest_pre_insert_post', '_wp_rest_api_force_autosave_difference', 10, 2 );