Comparison · generated on request
API Bearer Auth vs PKL WPz REST API Authentication
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| API Bearer Auth | PKL WPz REST API Authentication | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Access and refresh tokens based authentication plugin for the REST API. | Control WordPress REST API access by requiring user authentication with API key system. |
| Active installs | 300+ | 10+ |
| Rating | 5.0★ (6) | — |
| Last release | 9 months ago | 11 months ago |
| Current owner | michielve | Kittinan Lamkaek |
| Added to directory | 01 Dec 2017 | 04 Oct 2025 |
| Tested up to | WP 6.9.7 | WP 6.8.8 |
| Requires PHP | 5.4.0 | 7.4 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: API Bearer Auth · PKL WPz REST API Authentication