REST API Guard
Restrict and control access to the REST API.
REST API Guard ranks #13,317 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Sep 9, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.4.1
- Last Updated
- Sep 09, 2025
- Requires WP
- 6.5+
- Tested Up To
- 6.8
- PHP Version
- 8.1 or higher
- Author
- Sean Fisher
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- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
- Reviews
- 2
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site administrators who want to control access to their site's REST API. It solves the problem of the REST API being open to anonymous users by default, letting them restrict, allowlist, denylist, or require authentication (including JWT) for API requests.
- Disable anonymous REST API access
- Restrict access by namespace or path
- Block anonymous user info access
- Restrict index and namespace browsing
- Allowlist specific namespaces/routes
- Denylist specific namespaces/routes
- JWT authentication support
- CLI command to generate JWTs
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