`/wp/v2/menu-items`

Last updated: February 13, 2026

Namespace: wp/v2
Route: /wp/v2/menu-items

Routes

Collection methods: Unknown

Single methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`id`	integer	false		Unique identifier for the post.
`context`	string	false	view	Scope under which the request is made; determines fields present in response.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	false	Unique identifier for the post.
`title`	string, object	false	The title for the object.
`type`	string	false	The family of objects originally represented, such as "post_type" or "taxonomy".
`status`	string	false	A named status for the object.
`parent`	integer	false	The ID for the parent of the object.
`attr_title`	string	false	Text for the title attribute of the link element for this menu item.
`classes`	array	false	Class names for the link element of this menu item.
`description`	string	false	The description of this menu item.
`menu_order`	integer	false	The DB ID of the nav_menu_item that is this item’s menu parent, if any, otherwise 0.
`object`	string	false	The type of object originally represented, such as "category", "post", or "attachment".
`object_id`	integer	false	The database ID of the original object this menu item represents, for example the ID for posts or the term_id for categories.
`target`	string	false	The target attribute of the link element for this menu item.
`url`	string	false	The URL to which this menu item points.
`xfn`	array	false	The XFN relationship expressed in the link of this menu item.
`menus`	integer	false	The terms assigned to the object in the nav_menu taxonomy.
`meta`	object	false	Meta fields.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`id`	integer	false		Unique identifier for the post.
`force`	boolean	false	False	Whether to bypass Trash and force deletion.

Schema not available.

bash

curl -X GET "https://wordpress.org/news/wp-json/wp/v2/menu-items"

bash

curl -X GET "https://wordpress.org/news/wp-json/wp/v2/menu-items/1"

json

{
  "id": 1,
  "_links": {
    "self": [{ "href": "/wp/v2/menu-items/1" }]
  }
}