Category · recomputed daily
api plugins
544 plugins in the directory carry the api tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
544
plugins
588,120+
combined reach
111
released in 90 days
57%
quiet 18 months+
0
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
Nothing in this category has changed hands, closed or broken a long silence in the last 90 days.
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| WP Consent API Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category. | 200,000+ | 5.0★ | 18 days ago |
| Disable REST API Disable the use of the REST API on your website to site users. Now with User Role support! | 80,000+ | 4.8★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Make Connector Make Connector. Make lets you design, build, and automate by connecting with WordPress in just a few clicks. | 80,000+ | 2.7★ | 7 months ago |
| Mailgun for WordPress Easily send email from your WordPress site through Mailgun using the HTTP API or SMTP. | 80,000+ | 3.8★ | 4 days ago |
| Disable WP REST API Disables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress. | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | 27 days ago |
| WordPress REST API (Version 2) Access your site's data through an easy-to-use HTTP REST API. (Version 2) | 10,000+ | 4.2★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API Connect any REST API to WordPress. WPGet API enables easy API integration, allowing you to display API data without any code. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 24 days ago |
| WPGraphQL for ACF WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 days ago |
| WP REST Cache Enable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 1 month ago |
| WP REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server Connect applications to your WordPress site without ever giving away your password. | 8,000+ | 3.7★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| WP REST API Controller Enable a UI to toggle visibility and customize properties in WP REST API requests. | 8,000+ | 4.3★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Maps from Yandex for Elementor Yandex Maps widget for Elementor | 7,000+ | 4.9★ | 11 months ago |
| WPGraphQL Smart Cache WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a WordPress plugin that provides fast, accurate API responses by intelligently caching and invalidating WPGraphQL queries. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 19 days ago |
| Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer Connects an API to WordPress: Get API-data (JSON, XML, CSV...), show it with a Shortcode, a JCI Block or PHP. Generate a template with the JCI Block | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 5 days ago |
| Envato Toolkit Validate purchase code, check for item update & support expiration, download newest version, lookup for user details, search for Envato item id & more | 5,000+ | 2.8★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. Enhance the WordPress REST API with JWT authentication for secure access by mobile apps, external sites, and third-party services. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 29 days ago |
| Taxonomy Metadata Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories. | 4,000+ | 4.6★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Health Endpoint Creates a /health endpoint that returns a 200 OK HTTP status code while WordPress is performing correctly. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 18 months ago · quiet |
| WP-REST-API V2 Menus Adding menus endpoints on WP REST API v2 | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Log HTTP Requests Log and view all WP HTTP requests | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 10 months ago |
| Air WP Sync – Airtable to WordPress Swiftly sync Airtable to your WordPress website! | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Custom API for WP Connect WordPress with External APIs and create no-code custom WordPress REST API endpoints to interact with the WordPress database to perform SQL ope … | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 days ago |
| WP REST API Meta Endpoints WP REST API companion plugin for post meta endpoints. | 1,000+ | — | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Send Emails with Resend Resend for WordPress integrates the Resend.com API, replacing PHPMailer to ensure reliable email delivery through Resend.com's robust service. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| WP REST Yoast Meta Adds meta tags as generated by Yoast SEO to the WP REST API. And adds a custom endpoint to retrieve all redirects as they are set in Yoast SEO Premium … | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| WP Sync for Notion – Notion to WordPress Connect Notion and send data to WordPress with the WP Sync for Notion plugin! | 1,000+ | 4.6★ | 19 days ago |
| Show Eventbrite Events – Event Feed for Eventbrite Show Eventbrite events easily with the Eventbrite WordPress plugin. Eventbrite widget integration without imports or complicated setup. | 900+ | 4.3★ | 20 days ago |
| REST XML-RPC Data Checker REST XML-RPC Data Checker allow to check JSON REST and XML-RPC API requests and grant access permissions. | 900+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| REST API Custom Fields This plugin enhances Wordpress REST API v2 responses about metadata | 800+ | 4.5★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| JSON API Auth Extends the JSON API Plugin for RESTful user authentication | 600+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| SheetDB – get your Google Spreadsheet data The SheetDB wordpress plugin allows you to easily add content from Google Spreadsheet to your wordpress site. | 600+ | 4.8★ | 20 days ago |
| POEditor This plugin will let you manage your POEditor translations directly from Wordpress via the POEditor API. | 500+ | 4.4★ | 9 months ago |
| Skyword Publishing API Allows integration with the Skyword360 publishing platform. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 17 months ago |
| ACF to WP-API Plugs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) data into the WordPress JSON API (WP-API). | 400+ | 5.0★ | 9 years ago · quiet |
| WP OpenAPI WP OpenAPI is a WordPress plugin to provide the OpenAPI spec and a beautifu viewer for your WordPress REST API. | 400+ | 4.0★ | 3 months ago |
| WP REST API – Pure Taxonomies This plugin include all available taxonomy attributes into the WordPress REST API (v2) without additional API requests. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Add-On for Contact Form 7 to Airtable Automatically connect Contact Form 7 forms with Airtable tables and sync form submissions in real time. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Add-On for Contact Form 7 to Notion Connect Contact Form 7 to Notion. Sync form entries with Notion, including custom fields, for efficient data management. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 13 days ago |
| API Bearer Auth Access and refresh tokens based authentication plugin for the REST API. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Ultimate Endpoints With Rest Api The WordPress REST API is more than just a set of default routes.But you want to add your Custom Endpoints/routes to the WP REST API ? Fantastic! Let’ … | 300+ | 5.0★ | 14 months ago |
| MEGA AI Connect your WordPress website to MEGA's AI-powered SEO platform for automated content optimization and growth. | 300+ | — | 2 days ago |
| SEO.AI Publisher Connect your WordPress site to SEO.AI platform to automatically receive and publish optimized blog content. | 300+ | — | 10 days ago |
| WPGraphQL Blocks Get gutenberg blocks as JSON through wp-graphql | 300+ | — | 18 months ago · quiet |
| Better Rest Endpoints A WordPress plugin that serves up slimmer WP Rest API endpoints. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Better WishList API A better version of the WishList Member API. Created to make the connection to external services like ActiveCampaign and Autorespond a lot easier. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 18 months ago · quiet |
| Greenhouse Job Board Plugin to pull a job board from greenhouse.io via their API. | 200+ | 4.2★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| REST API blocks Add gutenberg blocks data into the post / page REST API endpoints. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 8 months ago |
| REST API Enabler Enable the WP REST API to work with custom post types, custom fields, and custom endpoints. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| REST API for Relevanssi The plugin provides a REST API endpoint for the Relevanssi search plugin. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| REST API Post Embeds Embed posts from your site or others' into your posts and pages. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 16 months ago |
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