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Turn Off REST API

Name: Turn Off REST API
Author: ksym04

Disable the WordPress REST API for logged out visitors and lock down your /wp-json endpoints, with a per route allow list so you stay in control.

Turn Off REST API ranks #13,517 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #827 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Sep 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.1.4 Current Version v1.1.4

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 24 Sep, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.4
Last Updated: Sep 24, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: ksym04

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want to restrict public access to their site's REST API. It disables the REST API for logged-out visitors while keeping it functional for logged-in users, reducing exposure to user enumeration, content scraping, and REST API based attacks.

Blocks unauthenticated REST API requests
Per route allow list
Stops user enumeration via /wp-json/wp/v2/users
Removes REST API discovery links and headers
Site Health check integration
Keeps block editor working
tora_grant_rest_api developer filter

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Turn Off REST API

Log out of your site (or open a private browser window) and visit https://your-site.com/wp-json. You should see an authentication error instead of a list of routes and data. Logged in users will still see the normal response.

No. The block editor runs as a logged in user, so it keeps full REST API access. Only unauthenticated requests are blocked.

Yes. Open Settings, then Turn Off REST API, check the route or namespace you want to keep open, and save. Everything else stays blocked.

These features send REST API requests on behalf of logged out visitors, and the plugin blocks every route for visitors until you allow it. The WooCommerce Cart and Checkout blocks use the routes under /wc/store/v1. Contact Form 7 sends each form submission through its own routes under /contact-form-7/v1. Go to Settings, then Turn Off REST API. Under Allowed REST API Routes, find the /wc/store/v1 heading and check its box. This also checks every route listed under it. The separate /wc/store heading above it is not used by the blocks. For Contact Form 7, find the /contact-form-7/v1 heading and check only the three routes under it that end in /feedback, /feedback/schema, and /refill. Click Save Changes. Only the routes you check are opened, and everything else stays blocked. If a later WooCommerce or Contact Form 7 update adds a new route, come back to this screen and check it as well.

Yes. The plugin works at the WordPress request level and does not depend on any web server configuration files.

Yes. Use the tora_grant_rest_api filter to return true or false based on your own logic. By default it returns whether the current user is logged in.