Sticklightv1.1.0
Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints.
Alternatives to Headless REST API Security
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Relevant replacements
WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Control WordPress REST API access by requiring user authentication with API key system.
HeadlessKey – JWT Authv1.0.0
A complete authentication solution for Headless WordPress applications using JWT, supporting Registration, SSO, RBAC, and advanced Security features.
REST API Guardv1.5.0
Restrict and control anonymous access to the WordPress REST API, with optional JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication.
Gallopv1.4.0
A REST API for headless Next.js sites: a page's post, SEO, and site data in one request, plus comments and member accounts that stay in WordPress.
JWT authentication for the WordPress REST API: access and refresh tokens with rotation, revocation, and validation for headless and decoupled apps.
Secure and protect WordPress REST API from unauthorized access using JWT token, Basic Authentication, API Key, OAuth 2, or external token.
Condixia – REST Gatewayv0.1.1
Secure API keys and controlled REST access for WordPress content and selected WooCommerce data.
Code and core Headless Fast API – Standalone, cacheable REST endpoints that skip the core load cyclev1.0.1
Fast, cacheable headless API endpoints answered before the theme, the REST API and WP_Query load.