This plugin include all available taxonomy attributes into the WordPress REST API (v2) without additional API requests.
As of April 2026, WP REST API is a WordPress api plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Consent API.
Now you have no need to make additional requests to get taxonomy info (term_id, name, slug, term_group, term_taxonomy_id, taxonomy, description, parent, count, filter) from their id that is available in the default json response.
Now all available taxonomy data is available in ‘pure_taxonomies’ field from your json response. It works for all custom added taxonomies, and for custom post types.
For example in ‘wp-json/wp/v2/posts’ you can find default fields ‘categories’, ‘tags’ and name of custom added taxonomies that contain only its id. With this plugin you can also find new ‘pure_taxonomies’ field that include all available ‘categories’, ‘tags’ and custom taxonomies data.
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| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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