9 Best REST API Toolbox Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
REST API Toolbox has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 9 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 9 closest alternatives to REST API Toolbox
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WP REST Cache
Closest match4.9 (42) 10,000+ active installsEnable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing.
Shares the rest, wp-rest-api tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 25, 2026.
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WordPress 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 rest, rest-api tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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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 5 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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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 rest, rest-api tags on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, no update since September 14, 2023.
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4.8 (36) 30,000+ active installsDisables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
Shares the rest, rest-api tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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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 rest tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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CoCart
Paid version availableCoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce
4.9 (21) 900+ active installsShip your headless WooCommerce storefront faster. CoCart is the REST API built for Next.js, React, Vue, and any modern frontend — developer-first.
Shares the rest-api tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 6 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 rest-api tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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Contact Form to Any API
Paid version available5.0 (28) 8,000+ active installsSend Contact Form 7 submissions to any API, Webhook or CRM — quick setup, flexible payloads, endpoints and authentication.
Shares the rest-api tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated August 6, 2026.
Switching from REST API Toolbox: common questions
What is the best alternative to REST API Toolbox?
WP REST Cache is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which REST API Toolbox alternative has the most users?
Disable REST API, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which REST API Toolbox alternative is rated highest?
JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs, rated 4.4 out of 5 by 74 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these REST API Toolbox 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 REST API Toolbox 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 REST API Toolbox 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
WP REST Cache is the closest match to REST API Toolbox 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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