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api plugins
551 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.
551
plugins
576,680+
combined reach
108
released in 90 days
56%
quiet 18 months+
5
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.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | Hozana | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 22 Oct 2026 | API info for Plugins & Themes from WP.ORG | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Contact Form 7 to API | 1,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 11 Oct 2026 | API Stats | 80+ | released after a long silence |
| 02 Oct 2026 | Stionic Core – Create Mobile app for WordPress news | 50+ | released after a long silence |
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★ | 23 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★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Mailgun for WordPress Easily send email from your WordPress site through Mailgun using the HTTP API or SMTP. | 80,000+ | 3.8★ | 1 month ago |
| Make Connector Make Connector. Make lets you design, build, and automate by connecting with WordPress in just a few clicks. | 70,000+ | 2.7★ | 9 months ago |
| Disable WP REST API Disables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress. | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months 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★ | 3 months ago |
| WPGraphQL for ACF WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 days ago |
| WP REST Cache Enable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 8 days ago |
| 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★ | 13 months ago |
| WP REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server Connect applications to your WordPress site without ever giving away your password. | 7,000+ | 3.7★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| 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★ | 2 months 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★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| WPGraphQL Smart Cache WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a WordPress plugin that provides fast, accurate API responses by intelligently caching and invalidating WPGraphQL queries. | 5,000+ | 5.0★ | 17 days ago |
| 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★ | 3 months 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★ | 20 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★ | 12 months ago |
| Air WP Sync – Airtable to WordPress Swiftly sync Airtable to your WordPress website! | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 4 months ago |
| Contact Form 7 to API Send Contact Form 7 submissions to a remote API with GET or POST. | 1,000+ | 4.3★ | 25 days 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★ | 25 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★ | 8 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★ | 21 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★ | 3 months 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. | 800+ | 4.3★ | 18 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. | 800+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| REST API Custom Fields This plugin enhances Wordpress REST API v2 responses about metadata | 700+ | 4.5★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| JSON API Auth Extends the JSON API Plugin for RESTful user authentication | 600+ | 4.7★ | 1 month 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★ | 3 months ago |
| POEditor This plugin will let you manage your POEditor translations directly from Wordpress via the POEditor API. | 500+ | 4.4★ | 11 months ago |
| Skyword Publishing API Allows integration with the Skyword360 publishing platform. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| ACF to WP-API Plugs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) data into the WordPress JSON API (WP-API). | 400+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 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★ | 5 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★ | 3 months 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★ | 2 months ago |
| API Bearer Auth Access and refresh tokens based authentication plugin for the REST API. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 11 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★ | 16 months ago |
| SEO.AI Publisher Connect your WordPress site to SEO.AI platform to automatically receive and publish optimized blog content. | 300+ | — | 2 months ago |
| Sticklight Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints. | 300+ | — | 2 months ago |
| WPGraphQL Blocks Get gutenberg blocks as JSON through wp-graphql | 300+ | — | 20 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★ | 20 months ago · quiet |
| MEGA AI Connect your WordPress website to MEGA's AI-powered SEO platform for automated content optimization and growth. | 200+ | — | 10 days ago |
| REST API blocks Add gutenberg blocks data into the post / page REST API endpoints. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 10 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★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
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