Frankie Jarrett

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Note: This plugin requires the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/" rel="ugc">WP REST API (WP API)</a> plugin.
For site owners who want the WP REST API served over SSL always and forever.
All HTTP requests to the WP REST API will be 301 redirected to their HTTPS equivalent.
Also, don’t use this plugin unless you have an SSL certificate as your endpoints will break! 🙂
Development of this plugin is done <a href="https://github.com/fjarrett/json-rest-api-force-ssl" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>. Pull requests welcome. Please see <a href="https://github.com/fjarrett/json-rest-api-force-ssl/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">issues reported</a> there before going to the plugin forum.

WP REST API Force SSL

Force WP REST API endpoints to only be served over HTTPS.

Ruhul Amin

Now you have no need to make additional requests to get author info from their id that is available in the default json response. 
This plugin allows you to configure which user meta fields should be included in the REST API response through an easy-to-use admin interface.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Configurable user meta fields</li>
<li>Includes avatar URL option</li>
<li>Shows user role information</li>
<li>No additional API requests needed</li>
<li>Clean implementation</li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Fields</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nickname</li>
<li>Description</li>
<li>User URL</li>
<li>First Name</li>
<li>Last Name</li>
<li>User Email</li>
<li>Role</li>
<li>Avatar</li>
</ul>
Example Response: 
 { 
 “id”: 1, 
 “title”: “Sample Post”, 
 “author”: 1, 
 “author_meta”: { 
 “first_name”: “John”, 
 “last_name”: “Doe”, 
 “role”: “administrator”, 
 “avatar”: “https://secure.gravatar.com/…” 
 } 
 }
<h4>Credits</h4>
This plugin is created by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arruhulamin/" title="Ruhul Amin" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Ruhul Amin</a>
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please visit http://www.ruhulamin.me/

WP REST API – User Meta

Just installed, activated this plugin and use it without any other configuration

Easy to use.

I used it for on of my projects and happy with it. Helped me what I needed.

Good Plugin

Enhance WordPress REST API by including configurable user meta fields in post responses without additional API requests.

WP REST API Force SSL vs WP REST API – User Meta