WordPress · Schema

Term

A WordPress taxonomy term (category or tag)

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Unique identifier for the term
count	integer	Number of published posts for the term
description	string	HTML description of the term
link	string	URL of the term
name	string	HTML title for the term
slug	string	An alphanumeric identifier for the term
taxonomy	string	Type attribution for the term
parent	integer	The parent term ID

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wordpress/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wordpress-term-schema.json",
  "title": "Term",
  "description": "A WordPress taxonomy term (category or tag)",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the term",
      "example": 1
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of published posts for the term",
      "example": 12
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "HTML description of the term",
      "example": ""
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL of the term",
      "example": "https://example.com/category/uncategorized/"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "HTML title for the term",
      "example": "Uncategorized"
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An alphanumeric identifier for the term",
      "example": "uncategorized"
    },
    "taxonomy": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Type attribution for the term",
      "example": "category"
    },
    "parent": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The parent term ID",
      "example": 0
    }
  }
}