fishdan Jsonmaker lets administrators curate a nested tree of links directly on the front end. Drop the <code>[jsonmaker]</code> shortcode onto a page, expand nodes to add children, rename or remove items inline, and fetch any branch at <code>/json/<slug>.json</code>.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Inline “Add”, “Edit”, and “Delete” controls for administrators (capability <code>jsonmaker_manage</code>).</li>
<li>Clean JSON endpoint for each node (<code>/json/<slug>.json</code>).</li>
<li>Store either URLs or plain text values; an empty value keeps a node as a container.</li>
<li>All data persists in a single WordPress option—no custom tables.</li>
</ul>

fishdan Jsonmaker

Manage hierarchical link collections via a shortcode, edit them inline, and expose any node as JSON.

Gunjan Jaswal

EndPointy Menus adds custom REST API routes to expose your WordPress navigation menus as JSON.
Base namespace: <code>endpointy-menus/v1</code>
Endpoints:
<ul>
<li>
<code>GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus</code> 
Returns all registered menus with locations and items.
</li>
<li>
<code>GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/<id></code> 
Returns a single menu and its items by menu ID.
</li>
<li>
<code>GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations</code> 
Returns all registered menu locations with assigned menus.
</li>
<li>
<code>GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/<location></code> 
Returns a menu assigned to a specific location (e.g., ‘primary’, ‘footer’).
</li>
</ul>
Query Parameters:
<ul>
<li><code>nested=true</code> – Returns menu items in a hierarchical tree structure with parent-child relationships. 
Example: <code>/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?nested=true</code></li>
</ul>
This is useful for headless WordPress setups or any external app that needs to read your menu structure.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Example requests:
Get all menus: 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus
Get single menu by ID: 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2
Get all menu locations: 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations
Get menu by location (e.g., ‘primary’): 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/primary
Get nested menu structure: 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?nested=true 
 https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/primary?nested=true
Use these URLs directly from your front-end application or API client.
<h3>Support the Developer</h3>
If you find this plugin useful, you can support the developer:
<ul>
<li>Website: https://gunjanjaswal.me</li>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus</li>
<li>Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/gunjanjaswal</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! 
GitHub: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus 
Issues: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus/issues

EndPointy Menus

Expose WordPress menus via a custom REST API endpoint for headless and external applications.

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