Best wp-rest plugins for WordPress
The most popular wp-rest plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP REST Yoast Meta leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of RESTful Content Syndication (70+) and Ultimate Twitter Feed (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “WP-REST” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 wp-rest plugins
- 1.WP REST Yoast Meta
The most installed wp-rest plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 2.
RESTful Content Syndication70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.0.
- 3.
Ultimate Twitter Feed10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.Customizer Field EndPoint
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “WP-REST”
WP REST Yoast Meta
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,672by Acato1 year ago
Adds meta tags as generated by Yoast SEO to the WP REST API. And adds a custom endpoint to retrieve all redirects as they are set in Yoast SEO Premium …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/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

Ultimate Twitter Feed
Up in the last 7 days:1,445#42,866by Omar Kasem9 years ago
Get twitter feeds by twitter username and display it with shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customizer Field EndPoint
Up in the last 7 days:1,907#46,368by vishalbasnet2310 years ago
Add theme mod EndPoint to WP-REST API V2.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day