Disable WP REST APIv2.6.9
Disables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
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RESTful JSON APIv0.15.8
40 JSON API endpoints for WordPress content, CPTs, taxonomies, media, comments, widgets, users, JWT login, API keys, CORS, and HTTPS.
Full control over your WordPress REST API. Block, restrict, or whitelist endpoints per user role. Lightweight, fast, zero frontend footprint.
REST API Onlyv1.0.2
Force all non-admin, non-AJAX, and non-REST API requests to return a 404 for headless or API-only sites.
Explore, test, document, and export WordPress REST API routes from a private admin console.
Restrict user profile editing with granular role-based controls, additional wp-admin page restrictions, REST API protection, and custom redirects.
EndPointy Menusv1.3.1
Expose WordPress menus via a custom REST API endpoint for headless and external applications.
Keypawv1.0.0
Give your AI agent a single, revocable token for the WordPress REST API — no username and password pairs, no Basic Auth.
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.