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REST API Toolbox

by Pete Nelson

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Description

Allows tweaking of several REST API settings

  • Disable the REST API
  • Remove WordPress core endpoints
  • Require authentication for core endpoints
  • Force SSL
  • WP-CLI commands: wp rest-api-toolbox

Find us on GitHub at https://github.com/petenelson/wp-rest-api-toolbox

(Creative commons toolbox image provided by James Tworow https://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/)

  1. Upload rest-api-toolbox to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Visit the Settings -> REST API Toolbox page to customize
  1. General admin settings

    General admin settings

  2. WordPress core settings

    WordPress core settings

Have any questions? We can answer them here?

Superb utility. Thanks.

By Robert Doyle on April 18, 2025

Superb utility. Thanks !

Needs to be part of Core WP.

Come back pls

By Héctor Cruz (wishec) on May 23, 2024

amazing plugin

Lightweight and strong

By immwi on June 8, 2021

A very usable plugin for under the hood tweaking and enhanced security.

This should be in WP core, indeed

By dratiols on January 1, 2020

Amazing, and easy to use. Lovee it!

This Toolbox is a Great Tool

By KTS915 on November 5, 2017

This plugin enables three different settings for each REST API endpoint:
  1. No authentication required,
  2. Authentication required, or
  3. Not available at all.
It also makes it possible to force https and to disable JSONP. So, together with proper authentication methods and appropriate permissions, this plugin ensures that the REST API can be used without compromising security. Thank you!

Works really well

By Luke Cavanagh (lukecavanagh) on February 7, 2017

Adds options to disable the REST API as well as disable endpoints.

Perfect timing!

By Michael (mdorchain) on December 13, 2016

The last update comes perfectly in time with the release 4.7. This plugin is perfect if you don't use the REST API yet or if you don't want your data to be accessed without your consent.

Great Plugin

By shodgsonfhs on December 7, 2016

A great plugin for features that should have been put into core.

1.4.4 January 2nd, 2025

  • Fixed deprecated notices for PHP 8 (props @thefrosty).

1.4.3 March 25th, 2021

  • No longer check for SSL when running any WP-CLI commands.

1.4.2 February 13th, 2017

  • Fixed bug in requiring authentication for endpoints that accessed specific items (ex: /wp/v2/users/1)

1.4.1 January 16th, 2017

  • Added settings support for No Custom Post Types
  • Fixed undefined variable notice (props @funkolector)

1.4.0 January 13th, 2017

  • Added support for removing or requiring authentication for custom post types.
  • Updated Settings UI for better clarity.
  • Added link to settings page from the plugins list page.

1.3.0 December 12th, 2016

  • Added option to require authentication for core endpoints.

1.2.0 December 5th, 2016

  • Updated the way the REST API can be disabled due to the rest_enabled filter being deprecated.
  • Added ‘settings’ to the list of core endpoints that can be removed.
  • Added CLI command: wp rest-api-toolbox status

1.1.0 April 16, 2016

  • Change REST API prefix
  • Remove specific core endpoints
  • Disable JSONP

1.0.0 April 15, 2016

  • Initial release
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