GET /sites/$site/tags/slug:$tag

Resource URL

Type	URL and Format
GET	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/$site/tags/slug:$tag

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int|string)	The site ID, The site domain
$tag	(string)	The tag slug

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
context	(string)	display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc.. edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope	(bool)	false: (default) true: Some enviroments (like in-browser Javascript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty	(bool)	false: (default) true: Output pretty JSON
callback	(string)	An optional JSONP callback function.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
ID	(int)	The tag ID.
name	(string)	The name of the tag.
slug	(string)	The slug of the tag.
description	(string)	The description of the tag.
post_count	(int)	The number of posts using this t.
meta	(object)	Meta data

Example

cURL

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/tags/slug:wordpresscom?pretty=1'

PHP

<?php

$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
  'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/tags/slug:wordpresscom?pretty=1',
  false,
  $context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );

?>

Response Body

{
    "name": "WordPress.com",
    "slug": "wordpresscom",
    "description": "",
    "post_count": 15,
    "meta": {
        "links": {
            "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/tags\/slug:wordpresscom",
            "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/tags\/slug:wordpresscom\/help",
            "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907"
        }
    }
}