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Create Vehicle Category - Plugixa Car Rental

POST /plugixa-car-rental/v1/vehicle-categories

Create a vehicle category.

The user needs the plugixa_car_rental_create capability.

Request

POST https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/vehicle-categories

Request body

Content type: application/json

Field Type Required Description
name string Yes Must not be blank.
description string No Plain text. Line breaks are kept, tags are removed.
sort_order integer No Position in lists, lowest first. Defaults to 0. May be negative.
status string No published (the default) or unpublished. 
{
  "name": "SUV",
  "description": "High seating, room for luggage.",
  "sort_order": 20
}

Responses

201 Created. data is the new vehicle category.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "SUV",
    "description": "High seating, room for luggage.",
    "sort_order": 20,
    "status": "published",
    "created_by": 1,
    "modified_by": 1,
    "created_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "modified_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "deleted_at": null
  }
}
Field Type Meaning
data.id integer The category’s id
data.name string The category’s name
data.description string|null Plain text
data.sort_order integer Position in lists, lowest first
data.status string published or unpublished
data.created_at string UTC datetime the record was created
data.modified_at string UTC datetime of the last change. Send it back on an update to be warned of a conflicting edit
data.deleted_at string|null null unless the record is in the trash

Errors

Status Code When
422 plugixa_car_rental_missing_name name is missing or blank.
422 plugixa_car_rental_invalid_choice status is not published or unpublished. data.allowed lists the accepted values.
422 plugixa_car_rental_not_a_number sort_order is not a number.
422 plugixa_car_rental_too_long A text field is longer than its column. data.field names it and data.max gives the limit.

Plus the errors every endpoint can return.

Examples

curl -s -X POST "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/vehicle-categories" \
  -u "admin:$WP_APP_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"SUV","description":"High seating, room for luggage.","sort_order":20}'

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/vehicle-categories');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_USERPWD        => 'admin:' . getenv('WP_APP_PASSWORD'),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => json_encode([
        'name'        => 'SUV',
        'description' => 'High seating, room for luggage.',
        'sort_order'  => 20,
    ]),
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

const auth = Buffer.from(`admin:${process.env.WP_APP_PASSWORD}`).toString('base64');
const response = await fetch('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/vehicle-categories', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'SUV',
    description: 'High seating, room for luggage.',
    sort_order: 20,
  }),
});
const { data } = await response.json();

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