5 Best WP API Menus Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP API Menus has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to WP API Menus
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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 wp-rest-api tag 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 JSON tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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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 JSON tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 4
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 3.5 times the installs, last updated 22 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 JSON tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
Switching from WP API Menus: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP API Menus?
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 WP API Menus alternative has the most users?
WP REST Cache, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP API Menus 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 WP API Menus 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 WP API Menus 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 WP API Menus 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 WP API Menus by the data we track, and WP REST Cache has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. JSON Content Importer shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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