Best restapi plugins for WordPress
The most popular restapi plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Rest Api V2 Multiple PostTypes leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of xm Importer (30+) and Post Porter (20+). All 6 plugins tagged “restapi” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 restapi plugins
- 1.WP Rest Api V2 Multiple PostTypes
The most installed restapi plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.
xm Importer30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Post Porter20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.Restful UI
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
Rest API For Cross Platform Support with Gravity Forms10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.Better REST_APIs for Mobile Apps
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 6 plugins tagged “restapi”
WP Rest Api V2 Multiple PostTypes
Up in the last 7 days:92#15,265by salilkothadia8 years ago
Multiple Content type Query API for Wordpress Rest Api V2
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

xm Importer
Down in the last 7 days:31#24,388by xmagentur2 months ago
Download posts from another WP site via REST API - Optimized for the Divi Theme and ACF
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Post Porter
Down in the last 7 days:639#28,333by Weboccult Technologies Pvt Ltd1 month ago
Post Porter enables seamless posts migration between WordPress sites via REST API, ensuring alignment with standard post principles.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Restful UI
Up in the last 7 days:2,442#45,658by qnnp5 years ago
Use the UI interface to test WP-JSON friendly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rest API For Cross Platform Support with Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:203#45,768by Weboccult Technologies Pvt Ltd1 month ago
Rest API For Cross Platform Support with Gravity Forms plugin allows users to create a custom API that will extend the functionality of gravity forms …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Better REST_APIs for Mobile Apps
#48,284by Sapricami7 years ago
A Simple Rest Api plugin for wordpress build to take mobile app developer\'s woes away.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day