WP REST API - Get category name instead of id on post request

Question

is there any solution to get the category name instead of id in the response on following endpoint? /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/:post_id

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Add `?_embed` to the end and the categories are populated in the response under `wp:term:[id]` — naththedeveloper, Mar 23 '18 at 11:28
with `?_embed` tags array returns empty. categories are populating correctly, WP version = 5 — Gopal Singh Sirvi, Jul 08 '20 at 07:31

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '22 at 17:51

By adding the _embed query parameter to the endpoint, you can also retrieve categories.
It will be populated under _embeded object and then you can access it under wp:term in the JSON response.
Here's an example of how to do it for posts:

{{site}}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?_embed=

Notice that _embed can get different values. For example, if you only need to embed wp:term (includes categories and tags) in the final result you can do this:

{{site}}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?_embed=wp:term

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 08:29

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WP REST API doesn't provide category name in '/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/:post_id' you can call another API request to get category name: /wp/v2/categories/<id>

For more details visit WP REST API

answered Feb 01 '19 at 08:29

Bikram Pahi

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