Best webservice plugins for WordPress
The most popular webservice plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ad Rakuten leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of WP Simple Web Services (20+) and YD Webhook to XML-RPC (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “webservice” 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 4 webservice plugins
- 1.
Ad RakutenThe most installed webservice plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.WP Simple Web Services
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.YD Webhook to XML-RPC
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 4.
Remote Snippets10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 5 plugins tagged “webservice”

Ad Rakuten
Down in the last 7 days:292#23,769by Jonathan FALEME8 years ago
With this plugin you can add Rakuten products in your website.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- 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
YD Webhook to XML-RPC
#37,544by Yann at WP&Co15 years ago
Implement incoming Webhooks in WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remote Snippets
#43,364by rgjo7n6 years ago
Import JSON and CSV data and display it using a Twig template. Consume API's and Webservices and display live data on your Wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day