10 Best Disable WP REST API Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable WP REST API has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Disable WP REST API
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WordPress REST API
Closest matchWordPress REST API (Version 2)
4.2 (34) 10,000+ active installsAccess your site's data through an easy-to-use HTTP REST API. (Version 2)
Shares the api, JSON, rest tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (38) 80,000+ active installsDisable the use of the REST API on your website to site users. Now with User Role support!
Shares the api, JSON, rest tags on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since September 14, 2023.
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WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API
5.0 (32) 10,000+ active installsConnect any REST API to WordPress. WPGet API enables easy API integration, allowing you to display API data without any code.
Shares the api, JSON, rest tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.4 (74) 10,000+ active installsSecure and protect WordPress REST API from unauthorized access using JWT token, Basic Authentication, API Key, OAuth 2, or external token.
Shares the rest, rest-api tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer
4.9 (78) 5,000+ active installsConnects 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
Shares the api, JSON tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.9 (42) 10,000+ active installsEnable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing.
Shares the api, rest tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated July 25, 2026.
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4.6 (94) 50,000+ active installsExport post, page and custom post type data to CSV or JSON, and snapshot your site to detect added, removed or changed content.
Shares the JSON tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated June 25, 2026.
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5.0 (29) 7,000+ active installsExtract every Media Library URL with title, size, dimensions, alt text and more. Filter by media type, export to CSV/JSON, and audit your library.
Shares the JSON tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.8 (45) 1,000+ active installsConnect WordPress with External APIs and create no-code custom WordPress REST API endpoints to interact with the WordPress database to perform SQL ope …
Shares the api, rest-api tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.4 (53) 60,000+ active installsExtends the WP REST API using JSON Web Tokens Authentication as an authentication method.
Shares the rest-api tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 18, 2026.
Switching from Disable WP REST API: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable WP REST API?
WordPress REST API is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable WP REST API alternative has the most users?
Disable REST API, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable WP REST API alternative is rated highest?
JSON Content Importer, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 78 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable WP REST API alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Disable WP REST API score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Disable WP REST API on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WordPress REST API is the closest match to Disable WP REST API by the data we track, and Disable REST API has the widest reach with 80,000+ active installs. Custom API for WP shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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