Best rest plugins for WordPress
The most popular rest plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable REST API leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Make Connector (70K+) and Disable WP REST API (30K+). All 108 plugins tagged “rest” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 rest plugins
- 1.
Disable REST APIThe most installed rest plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 38 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.
Make Connector70K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 26 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Disable WP REST API30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 75 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 5.
WP REST Cache10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 42 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
WPGet API10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 32 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
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.
- 8.
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.
- 9.
WP REST API7K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 10.
REST API Meta Support6K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 108 plugins tagged “rest”
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
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
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,479by miniOrange29 days ago
Secure and protect WordPress REST API from unauthorized access using JWT token, Basic Authentication, API Key, OAuth 2, or external token.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(75)
- Downloads
- 173/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
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
REST API Meta Support
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,891by Pericor6 years ago
Stores meta data (i.e plugin settings) from the meta field of a WP REST API posts or pages POST creation call in the created page or post meta data.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Better REST API Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,455by Braad10 years ago
Adds a top-level field with featured image data including available sizes and URLs to the post object returned by the REST API.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 27/day
Disable Gutenberg Autosave
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,636by ska-dev2 months ago
Allows to control Gutenberg autosave interval or disable autosave completely.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 33/day
REST API Toolbox
Down in the last 7 days:17#5,379by Pete Nelson1 year ago
Allows tweaking of several REST API settings
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 18/day
WP-CORS
Down in the last 7 days:28#6,030by tstephenson3 years ago
Allows AJAX requests from other sites to integrate content from your site using the CORS standard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 17/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
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
WP API Yoast SEO
Down in the last 7 days:23#9,561by ChazUK10 years ago
Returns Yoast post or page metadata in a normal post or page request.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
LH Multisite CORS
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,861by shawfactor4 years ago
Allows AJAX requests from other sites in your multisite network even if they are on another domain or subdomain
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/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
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
REST API Enabler
#12,315by Mickey Kay10 years ago
Enable the WP REST API to work with custom post types, custom fields, and custom endpoints.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Better Rest Endpoints
Down in the last 7 days:234#13,135by matt adams7 years ago
A WordPress plugin that serves up slimmer WP Rest API endpoints.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Snippet Vault
Down in the last 7 days:116#13,257by Jordy Meow1 year ago
Versatile plugin that not only manages PHP code snippets but also acts as a powerful bridge connecting WordPress, AI, and external digital platforms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
REST API
Down in the last 7 days:22#13,603by frontity5 years ago
Adds all the meta tags of the head section to WordPress REST API responses, including the ones generated by SEO plugins like Yoast or All in One SEO.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Connector to CiviCRM with CiviMcRestFace
Down in the last 7 days:20#14,323by Jaap Jansma1 year ago
Provides an API connector to a local or remote CiviCRM installation. This connector could be used by other plugins. Funded by Artfulrobot, CiviCoop, c …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPSSO REST API
Up in the last 7 days:61#15,041by JS Morisset10 days ago
Extends the WordPress REST API post, term, and user query results with an array of meta tags and Schema JSON-LD markup.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JetRouter
Up in the last 7 days:165#17,146by Salvatore Formisano9 years ago
This WordPress plugin adds a regular expression based router on top of the WordPress standard routing system. Any route declared through this router w …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP REST API Sidebars
Down in the last 7 days:289#17,555by Martin Pettersson10 years ago
An extension for the WP REST API that exposes endpoints for sidebars and widgets.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Storefront
Down in the last 7 days:14#17,904by santerref4 years ago
Drive more visitors to your online store with WP Storefront. A product showcase for Magento 2 that let you show your products into your articles and p …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
RESTful Content Syndication
Up in the last 7 days:52#18,200by Anthony Eden10 months ago
Import post content from the Wordpress REST API on another Wordpress site
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP REST API Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:36#19,803by André Boekhorst11 years ago
Shows Advanced Custom Field output to the WP REST API for posts, pages, taxonomies and users.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable REST API and Require JWT / OAuth Authentication
Down in the last 7 days:207#20,078by Benjamin Intal9 years ago
Disables all REST API endpoints and requires JWT or OAuth Authentication.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Custom REST API Generator
Down in the last 7 days:134#20,262by centangle4 years ago
WP Custom REST API Generator plugin enables the user to show/hide varied meta information of Posts in WordPress REST API.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
REST API Explorer
Up in the last 7 days:291#21,552by BerryPress23 days ago
Explore and test the WordPress REST API right in the WordPress admin!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pinny’s REST Lock
Up in the last 7 days:520#21,666by Pinny Fried1 month ago
Prevents public access to REST API user endpoints while allowing authorized roles.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Require Auth Users REST Endpoint
Down in the last 7 days:93#21,821by Sal Ferrarello9 months ago
Require authentication when accessing the /wp-json/wp/v2/users REST API endpoint.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDC REST API
#22,106by edckwt2 years ago
Fetch the content of the sections and articles and search them through the API
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blog Crosspost
#22,604by laurencebahiirwa2 years ago
Automatically add posts from another WordPress website using a shortcode like [blogcrosspost url="example.com"]
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Routes
Up in the last 7 days:84#23,528by Logan Carlile7 years ago
The easiest way to create custom WP REST API Routes without writing a line of code.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JSON REST API (WP API) Categories and Tags
Down in the last 7 days:177#23,990by WizADSL12 years ago
Allows tags and categories to be set when creating/editing posts with the JSON REST API (WP API)
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP REST API Helper
Up in the last 7 days:170#25,520by MD. Rabiul Islam Robi5 years ago
A plugin to help out WP REST API.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP API Customizer
#25,799by Kite11 years ago
Make post meta data (custom field values) available for JSON REST API (WP API) when unauthenticated.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Only REST API
Down in the last 7 days:273#26,724by Braad11 years ago
Redirects all front end, non-REST API requests to a single page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Posts with Restful API
#27,108by Hadi Akbarijedi4 years ago
A WordPress plugin to get the latest posts in JSON format
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:248#27,334by miunosoft8 years ago
Adds WordPress REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Simple Web Services
Up in the last 7 days:142#27,575by Barry Kooij13 years ago
Simple WordPress Rest Web Services. Add JSON REST web services to your WordPress website with a few clicks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
REST Gutenberg
Down in the last 7 days:81#27,649by scottfoster7 years ago
Adds a key and gutenberg block schema within the WordPress REST API
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yasakani Cache
Down in the last 7 days:116#28,204by enomoto celtislab7 months ago
Simple ! Easy !! Ultra-high-speed !!!. Definitive edition of the page cache. And Bot and Security Utility.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day