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<p>Smooth API Accelerator helps you turn selected WordPress REST API endpoints into fast, CDN-delivered JSON snapshots.</p>
<p>Instead of generating the same REST API responses on every request, the plugin lets you select endpoints, build static JSON snapshots, and sync them to Smooth CDN. Your frontend, mobile app, headless site, or external client can then fetch predictable JSON files from CDN URLs with low latency and better cache behavior.</p>
<p>The plugin is designed for WordPress projects where API performance, stable JSON delivery, and controlled endpoint syncing matter.</p>
<p>Use it for headless WordPress sites, React or Next.js frontends, mobile apps, public API-like content feeds, and high-traffic REST API responses that do not need to be generated dynamically on every request.</p>
<h3>Why use Smooth API Accelerator?</h3>
<ul>
<li>⚡ <strong>Faster WordPress REST API delivery</strong> – serve selected API responses as CDN-delivered JSON files</li>
<li>🌍 <strong>Edge-ready JSON</strong> – make API data available through Smooth CDN for lower latency</li>
<li>🔄 <strong>Automatic updates</strong> – refresh synced endpoints after content and taxonomy changes</li>
<li>📦 <strong>Static JSON snapshots</strong> – predictable, cache-friendly output for frontends and apps</li>
<li>🔒 <strong>Optional protected delivery</strong> – restrict access to selected JSON files when needed</li>
<li>🧠 <strong>Cleaner payloads</strong> – optionally generate structured block data and remove raw content</li>
<li>🧩 <strong>Headless-friendly workflow</strong> – prepare WordPress data for React, Next.js, mobile apps, and static frontends</li>
</ul>
<p>Perfect for:<br />
* Headless WordPress websites<br />
* Frontends built with React, Next.js, Astro, Vue, or other frameworks<br />
* Mobile apps using WordPress as a backend<br />
* Sites that expose public content through the WordPress REST API<br />
* High-traffic REST API endpoints that benefit from static JSON delivery<br />
* Projects that need a controlled JSON sync workflow instead of custom scripts</p>
<h3>How it works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Connect your WordPress site to Smooth CDN using account mode or guest mode</li>
<li>Discover available WordPress REST API endpoints</li>
<li>Select the endpoints you want to accelerate</li>
<li>The plugin generates JSON snapshots for selected endpoints</li>
<li>Synced JSON files are uploaded to Smooth CDN</li>
<li>Your frontend, app, or external client can use fast CDN URLs instead of generating the same REST API response on every request</li>
</ol>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to Smooth CDN to create and manage the remote project used for JSON acceleration.</p>
<p>It communicates with Smooth CDN when you:</p>
<ul>
<li>start or complete the account or guest connection flow,</li>
<li>fetch account or project metadata needed by the plugin,</li>
<li>upload synced JSON snapshots,</li>
<li>delete synced JSON snapshots with <code>Unsync</code> or <code>Purge endpoints</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Depending on the action, the plugin may send:</p>
<ul>
<li>your site URL and site name,</li>
<li>the generated project name derived from the site domain,</li>
<li>authentication data needed to complete the Smooth CDN login flow,</li>
<li>project identifiers and account metadata required to manage the connection,</li>
<li>REST API JSON snapshots selected for sync, including paginated collection files,</li>
<li>asset paths, filenames, and protection flags used to manage synced files.</li>
</ul>
<p>Smooth CDN service links:</p>
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://smoothcdn.com/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://smoothcdn.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Simple setup with unified connection and configuration view</li>
<li>Smooth CDN connection in minutes with account mode or guest mode</li>
<li>REST API endpoint discovery from wp-admin</li>
<li>Clear separation between synced and available endpoints</li>
<li>One-click sync for selected endpoints</li>
<li>Automatic re-sync after post and taxonomy updates</li>
<li>Paginated collection sync with metadata manifest</li>
<li>Optional <code>blocks</code> field generation for structured content</li>
<li>Optional removal of raw <code>content</code> field for lighter JSON responses</li>
<li>Optional protected JSON delivery</li>
<li>Lock mode for direct REST GET access via <code>wp-json</code></li>
<li><code>Unsync</code> and <code>Purge endpoints</code> remove both local and CDN data</li>
<li>Clear dashboard with sync and acceleration status</li>
<li>Developer hooks for custom route refresh rules and payload adjustments</li>
</ul>
<h3>Synced JSON layout</h3>
<p>Single endpoints are uploaded as one JSON file:</p>
<pre><code>https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/pages/42.json
</code></pre>
<p>Collection endpoints are uploaded as:</p>
<pre><code>https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/posts.json
https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/posts/page-1.json
https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/posts/page-2.json
</code></pre>
<p>The collection metadata file contains:</p>
<pre><code>{
    "per_page": 50,
    "total_pages": 2,
    "pages": [
        "https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/posts/page-1.json",
        "https://cdn.smoothcdn.com/<user-slug>/<project-slug>/wp/v2/posts/page-2.json"
    ]
}<h3>Settings overview</h3>Key settings that affect synced output:
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li><code>Add blocks field</code> adds a normalized <code>blocks</code> field when supported content is available.</li>
<li><code>Remove content field</code> is available only when <code>Add blocks field</code> is enabled and removes <code>content</code> after <code>blocks</code> is added.</li>
<li><code>Protected assets</code> uploads synced JSON files as protected Smooth CDN assets.</li>
<li><code>Collection sync page size</code> controls pagination for collection endpoints. Available values: <code>10</code>, <code>25</code>, <code>50</code>, <code>100</code>. Default: <code>50</code>.</li>
<li><code>Auto scan and sync</code> controls how often WP-Cron runs automatic scan and sync.</li>
</ul>
<p>Changing output-affecting settings invalidates previous sync markers and queues a faster full scan + sync through WP-Cron.</p>
<h3>Developer hooks</h3>
<p>Use <code>scdn_api_accelerator_save_post_related_routes</code> to add custom routes/templates that should be refreshed and synced after <code>save_post</code>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'scdn_api_accelerator_save_post_related_routes', function( $rules, $post_id, $post ) {
    $rules[] = 'product|route:/custom/v1/products/{post_id}';
    $rules[] = 'product|template:/custom/v1/products';
    $rules[] = [
        'post_type' => 'page',
        'route'     => '/custom/v1/page-index',
    ];

    return $rules;
}, 10, 3 );
</code></pre>
<p>Use <code>scdn_api_accelerator_pre_send_json</code> to adjust endpoint payload before upload.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'scdn_api_accelerator_pre_send_json', function( $data, $route, $context ) {
    if ( '/wp/v2/posts' === $route && is_array( $data ) ) {
        foreach ( $data as $index => $item ) {
            if ( ! is_array( $item ) ) {
                continue;
            }

            unset( $data[ $index ]['class_list'], $data[ $index ]['meta'] );
        }
    }

    return $data;
}, 10, 3 );<h3>Maintenance</h3>`Unsync` removes selected endpoints from sync, deletes their CDN files, and returns them to detected state.

Purge endpoints removes all synced data from Smooth CDN and clears local state.<h3>License</h3>GPLv2 or later
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Smooth API Accelerator

Pre-build WordPress REST API responses and serve them as fast JSON snapshots from Smooth CDN.

Moove Agency

<p>Import content from any XML or RSS file or URL.</p>
<p>You can import the content to any post type in your WordPress install. You can also import taxonomies.</p>
<p>Our plugin is especailly useful for importing content from Wix websites.</p>
<h3>Step by Step process</h3>
<ul>
<li>Select the source ( URL or FILE UPLOAD ).</li>
<li>Select your repeated XML element you want to import – this should be the node in your XML file which will be considered a post upon import.</li>
<li>Select the post type you want to import the content to.</li>
<li>Match the fields from the XML node you’ve selected (step 2) to the corresponding fields you have available on the post type.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Supported files and URLs</h3>
<ul>
<li>The XML source file should be a valid XML file. <a href="https://validator.w3.org/feed/" rel="nofollow ugc">You can check your feed validation here.</a></li>
<li>JSON feeds needs to be first converted to RSS or XML file <a href="https://www.convertjson.com/json-to-xml.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">using tools such as this.</a></li>
<li>The plugin will then check if the URL source or the uploaded file is valid before the import and processing starts</li>
<li>If you use  URL source for import, please ensure the URL is not password protected</li>
<li>Supported formats: XML 1.0, XML 2.0, Atom 1, RSS</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>XML Preview</strong> – After successfully uploading an XML file or reading an external URL, the plugin will present you with an XML preview of the selected node. This can be used to check if you’ve selected the correct node and ensure that the data are read correctly by the plugin. The preview presents one item from the selected node but it is paginated so you can navigate back and forward between the elements.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Linking Taxonomies to Posts</strong> – You can import categories and taxonomies from the XML file and link the imported posts to these taxonomies. First you need to have the taxonomies created in WordPress to allow the plugin to import into these taxonomies. By default WordPress has two taxonomies: categories and tags.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Limit posts</strong> – In the “Import Settings” area you can set limits for the import. You can use multiple patterns to include posts in the import. Use semicolon to separate the values, for example: 1-8;10;14-</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Importing and linking multiple taxonomies to one post</strong> – To import and link one post to multiple taxonomies, you need to have an XML element in your selected node with a list of categories separated by commas. These elements will be recognized and imported separately as taxonomy terms.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Save & Load templates</strong> – Once the fields are matched, you can save the matching as a template, and use it again for another import.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Support for tag attributes</strong></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Custom Fields & ACF support</strong></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Demo Video</h3>
<div class="embed-vimeo" style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/305452075" width="750" height="422" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<h3>Testimonials</h3>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Excelent” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelent-995/" rel="ugc">mediadocena</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Works as expected, smooth process” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-expected-smooth-process/" rel="ugc">Sunfire</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Excellent! Finally a plugin that does exactly what I need” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-finally-a-plugin-that-does-exactly-what-i-need/" rel="ugc">golfinsa</a></p>
</blockquote>


Import XML and RSS Feeds

I wanted to convert an RSS feed into posts. This plugin lets you precisely map how you want meta data imported and even integrates with Advanced Custom Fields.

Huge help!

It messes up sensitive data like publication dates or categories; doesn't actually do anything with external media except creating blank database posts... The only upside is that it supports ACF.
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Editing since i have tried different approach with it, for some reason the images downloads just fine on another hosting(same config) and dates needs to have proper format. 

It still pretty much can't synchronize categories but i can live with that.

cool

Import content from any XML or RSS file or URL. Very useful for importing content from Wix websites.

Smooth API Accelerator vs Import XML and RSS Feeds