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List Custom Fields - Plugixa Team
GET /plugixateam/v1/custom-fields
List the custom fields defined for members, such as pronouns or a desk number, with how many members have a value for each.
Needs Plugixa Team Pro. Needs a signed-in WordPress user with the plugixa_team_edit capability, which administrators and editors get when the plugin is activated, or manage_options.
Request
GET https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields?orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&limit=0
Query parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
search |
string |
Text found in the label or key. Same as filter[search]. |
|
filter[type] |
string |
One field type only, for example select. |
|
filter[language] |
string |
With WPML or Polylang active: one language only. lang does the same. |
|
filter[group_by_translation] |
boolean |
With WPML or Polylang active: one row per translated field, in the default language. |
Plus the list parameters. orderby accepts id, field_label, field_key, field_type, menu_order and created_at; any other value sorts by menu_order. Left out, it is created_at, newest first: send orderby=menu_order&order=ASC for the order set in the admin.
Responses
200 OK. data.items is one page of field definitions.
{
"success": true,
"message": "",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "4",
"field_key": "pronouns",
"field_label": "Pronouns",
"field_type": "select",
"field_options": [
"she/her",
"he/him",
"they/them"
],
"placeholder": "",
"is_required": false,
"show_in_frontend": true,
"show_in_form": true,
"menu_order": "0",
"language_code": null,
"translation_group": null,
"created_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
"modified_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
"value_count": "12"
}
],
"total": 3,
"state": {
"filter": [],
"limit": 999999,
"offset": 0,
"orderby": "menu_order",
"order": "ASC"
}
}
}
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
data.items[].id |
string |
The field’s id, as a numeric string |
data.items[].field_key |
string |
The key member values are stored under, in a member’s meta |
data.items[].field_label |
string |
The label shown to people |
data.items[].field_type |
string |
text, textarea, url, number, date, select, checkbox, color, file, email or phone |
data.items[].field_options |
array|null |
The choices of a select or checkbox field |
data.items[].placeholder |
string|null |
Placeholder text |
data.items[].is_required |
boolean |
Required on the submission form |
data.items[].show_in_frontend |
boolean |
Shown on the site |
data.items[].show_in_form |
boolean |
Offered on the submission form |
data.items[].menu_order |
string |
Position among the fields |
data.items[].value_count |
string |
How many members have a value stored for this key |
data.items[].language_code, data.items[].translation_group |
string|null |
Set when WPML or Polylang is active |
data.items[].created_at, data.items[].modified_at |
string |
Site-time datetimes |
data.total |
integer |
Fields matching the filters, before paging |
data.state |
object |
The filters, paging and sort that were applied |
Errors
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
400 |
rest_invalid_param |
order is not ASC or DESC (upper case). |
404 |
rest_no_route |
The site runs the free build. |
Plus the errors every endpoint can return.
Examples
curl -s "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields?orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&limit=0" \
-u "admin:$WP_APP_PASSWORD"
<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'orderby' => 'menu_order',
'order' => 'ASC',
'limit' => 0,
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_USERPWD => 'admin:' . getenv('WP_APP_PASSWORD'),
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);
const auth = btoa(`admin:${process.env.WP_APP_PASSWORD}`);
const query = new URLSearchParams({ orderby: 'menu_order', order: 'ASC', limit: '0' });
const response = await fetch(`https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixateam/v1/custom-fields?${query}`, {
headers: {
'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
},
});
const { data } = await response.json();
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