by Nicu Micle 5 (47 reviews)

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints.

Name: Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints.
Rating: 5.0 (47 reviews)
Author: Nicu Micle

Enhance the WordPress REST API with JWT authentication for secure access by mobile apps, external sites, and third-party services.

Simple JWT Login ranks #3,629 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #120 of 1,578 in the Authentication category, a 5/5 rating from 47 reviews, and was last updated Aug 9, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v3.6.8 Current Version v3.6.8

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 09 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#120 of 1,578 in Authentication Top 5% by installs Downloads -45.7% this week

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4K+

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23.6

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81.9K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (47 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 24.1%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

5 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Aug 16, 2026

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. [simple-jwt-login] < 3.6.8

CVE-2026-19714 · Fixed in v3.6.8
Sep 22, 2025

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. [simple-jwt-login] < 3.6.5

CVE-2025-58648 · Fixed in v3.6.5
Sep 22, 2025

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. [simple-jwt-login] < 3.6.7

CVE-2026-14262 · Fixed in v3.6.7
Oct 18, 2021

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. [simple-jwt-login] < 3.2.1

CVE-2021-24804 · Fixed in v3.2.1
Oct 13, 2021

Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. [simple-jwt-login] < 3.3.0

CVE-2021-24998 · Fixed in v3.3.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.6.8
Last Updated: Aug 09, 2026
Requires WP: 4.4.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 5.5 or higher
Author: Nicu Micle

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 47
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Simple JWT Login is for WordPress site owners who need to connect mobile apps, external websites, or third-party services to their site's REST API. It solves secure authentication by letting users log in, register, and manage passwords through JWT tokens instead of standard WordPress sessions.

Auto-login using JWT
Register new users via API
Delete WordPress users via JWT
Reset and change user password
IP address restrictions
API route for generating JWT
CORS settings for routes
Protect endpoints with JWT

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints.

Yes, this plugin is secure. It allows to auto-login to your WordPress website using a JWT, that is decrypted and validated against your JWT Decryption key. Make sure you set the specific user type when new users are created.

Yes, both Auto-login and register can be enabled or disabled.

Yes, You can use the domain limitation and add multiple domains separated by comma. Users that don't provide an email from that domain, will get an error.

Yes. The only thing you have to make sure, in order to work, is that you use the same "Decryption Key" and encryption algorithm.

No, it is not required. You can disable it from 'Login config', 'Register Config' and 'Delete User Config'. Just set the parameter 'Login|Register requires Auth Code' to 'No'.

The 'delete users option' is disabled by default. To make sure nobody will delete a user, please make sure the option "Allow Delete" is set to "No".

Yes. The main feature of this plugin is to automatically log in users into a WordPress website using a JWT. So, you can log in into WordPress from mobile apps, react native, angular, Vue js, meteor, backbone, javascript, etc.

Here is a code example, how to send an email after a new user has been created. add_action( 'simple_jwt_login_register_hook', function($user, $password){ $to = $user->user_email; $subject = 'Welcome'; $message = ' Welcome to My Site. Your new user credentials are: email: ' . $to .' password: '. $password; wp_mail($to, $subject, $message); }, 10, 2); Here is an example on how you can overwrite the "No Redirect" response after autologin: add_filter('simple_jwt_login_no_redirect_message',function($response, $request){ $response['userId'] = get_current_user_id(); $response['userDetails'] = wp_get_current_user(); return $response; },10, 2); Here is an example, on how you can change the body for reset password email template: add_filter('simple_jwt_login_reset_password_custom_email_template', function ($template, $request) { $template .= 'The template has been modified by hook'; return $template; }, 10, 2 );

The plugin searches for the JWT in: - URL ( &jwt=YOUR JWT HERE) - SESSION ( $_SESSION['simple-jwt-login-token']) - COOKIE ( $_COOKIE['simple-jwt-login-token'] ) - Header ( Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_HERE) Also, the key name for each parameter, can be changed in the general section.

Yes. In order to be able to create different users with different roles, first you have to create some AUTH Codes, and set the desired roles for each Auth Code. After that, for the create user route, simply add the AUTH code in the request, and the role from 'Register User' will be overwritten with the one from Auth Code.