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Best restful plugins for WordPress

The most popular restful plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. API Endpoints leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of JSONPress (10+) and Simple Posts API (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “RESTful” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 restful plugins

  1. 1.
    API Endpoints

    The most installed restful plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  2. 2.
    JSONPress

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.

  3. 3.
    Simple Posts API

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  4. 4.
    Restful UI

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  5. 5.
    Moby Blog

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

All 6 plugins tagged “RESTful”