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Total downloads: 40,128
Active installs: 2,000
Total reviews: 8
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 1/2/2025 (363 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/16/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.4
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 363 days ago • 8 reviews

40/100

Is REST API Toolbox abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 363 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.4
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

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Developers

Pete Nelson (Owner)9Pete Nelson1

Languages

Swedish14,890Ukrainian7,073

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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/)

Installation

  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

Frequently Asked Questions

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Screenshots

  1. General admin settings

    General admin settings

  2. WordPress core settings

    WordPress core settings

Changelog

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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