Joaquim Domingos António

If you wish to ‘Create comments’ using REST API, without exposing Administrator credentials to the Front-End application, you are at the right place. Since WordPress 4.7, REST API was natively included in WordPress.
In order to ‘Create a comment’ , the authentication for a user with ‘Administrator’ role is required. While this is a deliberately done for security reasons, such implementation makes it very hard for Front-End applications to implement a simple ‘Post Comment’ or ‘Reply Comment’ function.
This plugin fulfils such requirement by extending the existing WordPress REST API endpoints.
Requirements:
Minimum PHP version: 7.0 
Minimum WordPress version: 5.5
Installation:
Download the plugin form wordpress marketplace install it like any other WordPress plugin. 
After the installation activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Endpoint:
When this plugin is installed one new endpoint is added to the wp/v2 namespace.
 Endpoint 
 HTTP Verb 
 Permalinks
 */wp-json/wp/v2/comments/create 
 POST 
 enabled
 */?rest_route=/wp/v2/comments/create 
 POST 
 disabled
Usage:
<ol>
<li>Create a Comment</li>
</ol>
To create a comment using REST API, send a <code>POST</code> request to:
<blockquote>
<code>/wp-json/wp/v2/comments/create</code> – if permalinks is enabled on your wordpress website.
</blockquote>
Or
<blockquote>
<code>/?rest_route=/wp/v2/comments/create</code> if permalinks is not enabled on your wordpress website.
</blockquote>
With a JSON body, as shown bellow:
<pre><code>`Json
</code></pre>
{ 
 “post”: “Post ID”, 
 “author_name”: “Comment Author’s name”, 
 “author_email”: “Comment Author’s email”, 
 “content”: “Comment content” 
} 
 `
The content may also be send as an object:
<pre><code>`Json
</code></pre>
{ 
 “post”: “Post ID”, 
 “author_name”: “Comment Author’s name”, 
 “author_email”: “Comment Author’s email”, 
 “content”: { 
 “raw”:”Comment content” 
 } 
} 
 `
Set header to:
<pre><code>`
</code></pre>
content-type: application/json 
 ` 
If successful, you should receive a response with the data of the created comment:
<pre><code>`Json
</code></pre>
{ 
 “id”: “[comment id]”, 
 “status”: “[comment status]”, 
 “message”:”[server response message]” 
} 
 `
In response header the status code should be:
<pre><code>`Http
</code></pre>
HTTP 201 Created 
 `
<ol>
<li>Reply a comment</li>
</ol>
To reply a comment you just need to add the field parent for the parent comment to the JSON body
<pre><code>`Json
</code></pre>
{ 
 “post”: “Post ID”, 
 “author_name”: “Comment Author’s name”, 
 “author_email”: “Comment Author’s email”, 
 “content”: “Comment content”, 
 “parent”:”Comment parent ID” 
} 
 `
<blockquote>
Note: Ensure the parent is a comment id that belongs to the post informed in the field post. The comment parent post id must match the post id otherwise the following error will be shown:
</blockquote>
<pre><code>`Json
</code></pre>
{ 
 “code”: “rest_post_mismatch_parent_post_id”, 
 “message”: “Post ID and Parent post ID does not match”, 
 “data”: { 
 “status”: 400 
 } 
} 
 `
<h3>Contact</h3>
If there is any thing to say about the plugin fill free to <a href="mailto:sopport@appsdabanda.com" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a>.

REST API Comment

REST API Comment adds in the 'Comment creation' function to the Wordpress REST API.

REST API Featured Image is a lightweight yet powerful plugin that simplifies how to retrieve featured images via the WordPress REST API. By introducing a top-level field called <code>featured_media_src_url</code>, this plugin embeds the direct URL of the featured image into your REST API responses. This eliminates the need for additional API calls to fetch featured images, resulting in faster load times and enhanced site performance.
Key Features:
– Direct Access to Featured Image URL: Adds <code>featured_media_src_url</code> to REST API responses, providing immediate access to the featured image URL. 
– Performance Optimization: Reduces the number of API requests, improving the speed and efficiency of your applications. 
– Custom Post Type Support: Fully supports custom post types, allowing you to enable or disable the featured image URL field for specific post types through the admin settings. 
– User-Friendly Configuration: Easy to install and configure without any coding.
Why Use REST API Featured Image?
When developing applications or themes that rely on the WordPress REST API, accessing the featured image typically requires an additional request for each post. This can be time-consuming and may negatively impact site performance. REST API Featured Image addresses this issue by including the featured image URL directly in the REST API response, saving you time and resources.
REST API Featured Image Field:
– <code>featured_media_src_url</code>

REST API Featured Image

Enhance your WordPress REST API by adding a featured image URL field directly to API responses, improving performance by eliminating extra requests.

REST API Comment vs REST API Featured Image