Best API plugins for WordPress
The most popular API plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Consent API leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Disable REST API (80K+) and Mailgun for WordPress (80K+). All 557 plugins tagged “api” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 API plugins
- 1.
WP Consent APIThe most installed API plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Disable REST API80K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 38 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
Mailgun for WordPress80K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 49 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Make Connector70K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 26 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 5.
Disable WP REST API30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WP REST Cache10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 42 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
WPGet API10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
WPGraphQL for ACF10K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 days ago.
- 9.
WordPress REST API (Version 2)10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 34 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
WP REST API Controller8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 557 plugins tagged “api”
WP Consent API
Up in the last 7 days:2#199by Rogier Lankhorst24 days ago
Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2.6K/day
Disable REST API
#513by Dave McHale3 years ago
Disable the use of the REST API on your website to site users. Now with User Role support!
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.8(38)
- Downloads
- 319/day
Mailgun for WordPress
#547by Mailgun1 month ago
Easily send email from your WordPress site through Mailgun using the HTTP API or SMTP.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 3.8(49)
- Downloads
- 949/day
Make Connector
Down in the last 7 days:3#580by Make3 days ago
Make Connector. Make lets you design, build, and automate by connecting with WordPress in just a few clicks.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 2.8(26)
- Downloads
- 360/day
Disable WP REST API
Up in the last 7 days:1#965by Jeff Starr3 months ago
Disables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(36)
- Downloads
- 225/day
WP REST Cache
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,795by Acato9 days ago
Enable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(42)
- Downloads
- 519/day
WPGet API
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,816by David Anderson / Team Updraft2 months ago
Connect any REST API to WordPress. WPGet API enables easy API integration, allowing you to display API data without any code.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(32)
- Downloads
- 72/day
WPGraphQL for ACF
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,828by Jason Bahl2 days ago
WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 673/day
WordPress REST API (Version 2)
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,124by Ryan McCue9 years ago
Access your site's data through an easy-to-use HTTP REST API. (Version 2)
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(34)
- Downloads
- 46/day
WP REST API Controller
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,452by Evan Herman3 years ago
Enable a UI to toggle visibility and customize properties in WP REST API requests.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 33/day
WP REST API
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,468by Joe Hoyle2 years ago
Connect applications to your WordPress site without ever giving away your password.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 110/day
Maps from Yandex for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,673by mihdan1 year ago
Yandex Maps widget for Elementor
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 24/day
WPGraphQL Smart Cache
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,952by Jason Bahl2 days ago
WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a WordPress plugin that provides fast, accurate API responses by intelligently caching and invalidating WPGraphQL queries.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 381/day
Envato Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,042by KestutisIT5 years ago
Validate purchase code, check for item update & support expiration, download newest version, lookup for user details, search for Envato item id & more
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 2.8(9)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Get Use APIs
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,089by berkux2 days ago
Connects an API to WordPress: Get API-data (JSON, XML, CSV...), show it with a Shortcode, a JCI Block or PHP. Generate a template with the JCI Block
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(78)
- Downloads
- 62/day
Taxonomy Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,378by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)9 years ago
Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple JWT Login
Up in the last 7 days:41#3,446by Nicu Micle3 months ago
Enhance the WordPress REST API with JWT authentication for secure access by mobile apps, external sites, and third-party services.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(47)
- Downloads
- 105/day
WP-REST-API V2 Menus
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,100by thebatclaudio4 years ago
Adding menus endpoints on WP REST API v2
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Health Endpoint
#4,152by Jon Otaegi1 year ago
Creates a /health endpoint that returns a 200 OK HTTP status code while WordPress is performing correctly.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Log HTTP Requests
Up in the last 7 days:99#4,559by Matt Gibbs1 year ago
Log and view all WP HTTP requests
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 40/day
Contact Form 7 to API
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,927by Kenny Meyer26 days ago
Send Contact Form 7 submissions to a remote API with GET or POST.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 34/day
WP Sync for Notion
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,002by WP connect2 months ago
Connect Notion and send data to WordPress with the WP Sync for Notion plugin!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Custom API for WP
Down in the last 7 days:33#6,153by miniOrange26 days ago
Connect WordPress with External APIs and create no-code custom WordPress REST API endpoints to interact with the WordPress database to perform SQL ope …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(45)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Send Emails with Resend
Up in the last 7 days:39#6,189by CloudCatch8 months ago
Resend for WordPress integrates the Resend.com API, replacing PHPMailer to ensure reliable email delivery through Resend.com's robust service.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Air WP Sync
Down in the last 7 days:27#6,236by WP connect4 months ago
Swiftly sync Airtable to your WordPress website!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 18/day
WP REST API Meta Endpoints
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,656by Daniel Bachhuber10 years ago
WP REST API companion plugin for post meta endpoints.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP REST Yoast Meta
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,672by Acato1 year ago
Adds meta tags as generated by Yoast SEO to the WP REST API. And adds a custom endpoint to retrieve all redirects as they are set in Yoast SEO Premium …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Show Eventbrite Events
Up in the last 7 days:15#7,286by Bohemia Plugins19 days ago
Show Eventbrite events easily with the Eventbrite WordPress plugin. Eventbrite widget integration without imports or complicated setup.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 23/day
REST XML-RPC Data Checker
Up in the last 7 days:8#7,352by Enrico Sorcinelli4 years ago
REST XML-RPC Data Checker allow to check JSON REST and XML-RPC API requests and grant access permissions.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
REST API Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:44#7,717by Make6 years ago
This plugin enhances Wordpress REST API v2 responses about metadata
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JSON API Auth
Down in the last 7 days:43#8,221by Ali Qureshi1 month ago
Extends the JSON API Plugin for RESTful user authentication
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day
SheetDB
Down in the last 7 days:74#8,245by sheetdb2 months ago
The SheetDB wordpress plugin allows you to easily add content from Google Spreadsheet to your wordpress site.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Skyword Publishing API
Up in the last 7 days:257#8,744by skyword1 year ago
Allows integration with the Skyword360 publishing platform.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 30/day
POEditor
Down in the last 7 days:6#8,895by POEditor11 months ago
This plugin will let you manage your POEditor translations directly from Wordpress via the POEditor API.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ACF to WP-API
Down in the last 7 days:9#9,577by Chris Hutchinson9 years ago
Plugs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) data into the WordPress JSON API (WP-API).
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP REST API
Up in the last 7 days:14#9,847by Andrew MAGIK10 years ago
This plugin include all available taxonomy attributes into the WordPress REST API (v2) without additional API requests.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 7/day
WP OpenAPI
Down in the last 7 days:229#9,915by moon03265 months ago
WP OpenAPI is a WordPress plugin to provide the OpenAPI spec and a beautifu viewer for your WordPress REST API.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 122/day
WPGraphQL Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:97#10,093by Tom Phillips1 year ago
Get gutenberg blocks as JSON through wp-graphql
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add-On for Contact Form 7 to Notion
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,229by WP connect2 months ago
Connect Contact Form 7 to Notion. Sync form entries with Notion, including custom fields, for efficient data management.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Sticklight
Up in the last 7 days:109#10,366by Elementor2 months ago
Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SEO.AI Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:6#10,519by seoai2 months ago
Connect your WordPress site to SEO.AI platform to automatically receive and publish optimized blog content.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add-On for Contact Form 7 to Airtable
Up in the last 7 days:6#10,715by WP connect3 months ago
Automatically connect Contact Form 7 forms with Airtable tables and sync form submissions in real time.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 9/day
API Bearer Auth
Up in the last 7 days:21#11,023by michielve11 months ago
Access and refresh tokens based authentication plugin for the REST API.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Ultimate Endpoints With Rest Api
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,093by Dipankar Pal1 year ago
The WordPress REST API is more than just a set of default routes.But you want to add your Custom Endpoints/routes to the WP REST API ? Fantastic! Let’ …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP REST API Cache
Down in the last 7 days:74#11,468by airesvsg8 years ago
Enable caching for WordPress REST API and increase speed of your application
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.4(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day
MEGA AI
Down in the last 7 days:211#11,511by joegomega1 day ago
Connect your WordPress website to MEGA's AI-powered SEO platform for automated content optimization and growth.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 258/day
REST API for Relevanssi
Down in the last 7 days:75#11,681by Sergiy Dzysyak3 years ago
The plugin provides a REST API endpoint for the Relevanssi search plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Better WishList API
Down in the last 7 days:62#11,808by rickonline_nl1 year ago
A better version of the WishList Member API. Created to make the connection to external services like ActiveCampaign and Autorespond a lot easier.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable REST API for Real
Down in the last 7 days:62#12,103by Samuel Aguilera7 years ago
Really prevents the REST API from handling requests (default) or require user to be logged in.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trust Payments Gateway for WooCommerce (JavaScript Library)
Up in the last 7 days:4#12,136by Trust Payments1 year ago
The Trust Payments plugin offers a simple and easy to implement method for merchants to add e-payment capabilities to their WooCommerce online commerc …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.6(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day