Best rest-API plugins for WordPress
The most popular rest-API plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WooCommerce Legacy REST API leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of Disable REST API (80K+) and Make Connector (70K+). All 397 plugins tagged “rest-api” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 rest-API plugins
- 1.
WooCommerce Legacy REST APIThe most installed rest-API plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 1.5 from 29 reviews, 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.
Make Connector70K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 26 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
JWT Authentication for WP REST API60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 53 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
WPGraphQL30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 48 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 6.
Disable WP REST API30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 75 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 8.
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.
- 9.
SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints8K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Contact Form to Any API8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 28 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
All 397 plugins tagged “rest-api”
WooCommerce Legacy REST API
#154by Automattic24 days ago
The WooCommerce Legacy REST API, which is now part of WooCommerce itself but will be removed in WooCommerce 9.0.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 1.5(29)
- Downloads
- 2.8K/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
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
JWT Authentication for WP REST API
#682by tmeister2 days ago
Extends the WP REST API using JSON Web Tokens Authentication as an authentication method.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(53)
- Downloads
- 306/day
WPGraphQL
#928by Jason Bahl3 days ago
WPGraphQL adds a flexible and powerful GraphQL API to WordPress, enabling efficient querying and interaction with your site's data.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(48)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/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
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
SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,324by Niels Lange1 month ago
Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Contact Form to Any API
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,356by IT Path Solutions11 days ago
Send Contact Form 7 submissions to any API, Webhook or CRM — quick setup, flexible payloads, endpoints and authentication.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(28)
- Downloads
- 62/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
Enable Abilities for MCP
Up in the last 7 days:88#2,924by Fabio Montenegro1 day ago
Connect Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP client to WordPress. 112 abilities: content, SEO, WooCommerce, FSE, LMS & more. Free & self-hosted.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 376/day
REST API Log
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,213by Pete Nelson1 month ago
WordPress plugin to log REST API requests and responses
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.6(24)
- Downloads
- 71/day
BabyLoveGrowth Integration
Up in the last 7 days:66#4,785by BabyLoveGrowth1 month ago
Secure REST endpoint to publish posts from BabyLoveGrowth.ai backend via API key.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 40/day
MultiManager WP
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,956by icdsoft4 months ago
Helps to automatically connect a WordPress site to the ICDSoft WordPress MultiManager tool which allows users to manage multiple WordPress sites from …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/day
DiviOps Agent
Up in the last 7 days:104#5,340by diviops4 days ago
Connect Codex or Claude to WordPress through MCP. Build and improve editable Divi 5 pages with the DiviOps AI harness.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 140/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
MB Rest API
Up in the last 7 days:13#5,780by Anh Tran2 days ago
Get and update Meta Box custom fields to the WordPress REST API responses.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/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
WCFM
Down in the last 7 days:43#6,033by WC Lovers1 year ago
REST API for the most featured and powerful multi vendor plugin for your WooCommerce Multi-vendor Marketplace.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 23/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
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
Disabler
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,105by saas4 months ago
Instead of installing a million plugins to disable features you don't want, why not use just ONE plugin?
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CoCart
Down in the last 7 days:88#7,141by CoCart Headless1 month ago
Ship your headless WooCommerce storefront faster. CoCart is the REST API built for Next.js, React, Vue, and any modern frontend — developer-first.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(21)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Automatik Blog
Down in the last 7 days:6#7,301by Automatik Blog1 year ago
A plugin for integration with Automatik Blog, allowing automated publishing of SEO-optimized articles via REST API.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Logged-in-only
Down in the last 7 days:15#7,963by Drivingralle2 months ago
A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day
REST API Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:30#8,297by uri1 year ago
Enhance your WordPress REST API by adding a featured image URL field directly to API responses, improving performance by eliminating extra requests.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Code Manager
Up in the last 7 days:49#9,028by Passionate Programmer Peter23 days ago
Write, test, and organize PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML code blocks from the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 23/day
REST API Helper
Up in the last 7 days:1#9,208by JasmanXcrew4 years ago
This plugin help REST API for display featured media source, author, categories, and custom fields.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mescio for Agents
Down in the last 7 days:94#9,523by Mescio25 days ago
Mescio for Agents serves your WordPress content as clean Markdown to AI agents and GPT crawlers. Human visitors never notice a thing.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 34/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
SEO Meta Description Updater
Down in the last 7 days:273#9,908by Joby Joseph1 year ago
A simple plugin to update SEO meta descriptions via the WordPress REST API.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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
CoCart CORS Support
Down in the last 7 days:93#10,202by CoCart Headless2 years ago
Enables support for CORS to allow CoCart to work across multiple domains.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/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
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
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
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 Guard
Up in the last 7 days:252#12,223by Sean Fisher26 days ago
Restrict and control anonymous access to the WordPress REST API, with optional JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 15/day
CoCart JWT Authentication
Down in the last 7 days:14#12,643by CoCart Headless7 months ago
JWT Authentication for CoCart API.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day
SearchWP API
Up in the last 7 days:104#12,720by Josh Pollock10 years ago
Run advanced searches via the WordPress REST API and SearchWP.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
REST API blocks
Up in the last 7 days:1#12,884by Jonny Harris10 months ago
Add gutenberg blocks data into the post / page REST API endpoints.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 18/day
CoCart
Down in the last 7 days:96#12,940by CoCart Headless2 years ago
Enhances CoCart's cart REST API response.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced WP REST API
Up in the last 7 days:17#13,038by Galaxy Weblinks5 months ago
This plugin provides custom endpoints to the WordPress REST API.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Traffic
Down in the last 7 days:78#13,143by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Full featured monitoring & analytics for WordPress APIs.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Turn Off REST API
Up in the last 7 days:33#13,440by ksym041 month ago
Disable the WordPress REST API for logged out visitors and lock down your /wp-json endpoints, with a per route allow list so you stay in control.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
SEO Rocket Integration
Down in the last 7 days:50#13,623by seorocket5 months ago
Publish SEO-optimized articles from SEO Rocket with automatic Yoast SEO and Rank Math metadata sync.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Sekura REST Bridge for ACF
Up in the last 7 days:111#14,587by cwdekker7 months ago
Expose Advanced Custom Fields in the WordPress REST API with proper access control.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
WP_Query Route To REST API
Up in the last 7 days:32#14,850by Generaxion4 years ago
Adds new route /wp-json/wp_query/args/ to REST API.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day