10 Best WP-REST-API V2 Menus Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP-REST-API V2 Menus has 3,000+ 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 WP-REST-API V2 Menus
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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 tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 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 api, JSON tags on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.8 (36) 30,000+ active installsDisables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
Shares the api, JSON tags on WordPress.org. About 10 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 api, JSON tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 25 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 api, JSON tags on WordPress.org. About 27 times the installs, no update since September 14, 2023.
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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 2.3 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.5 (37) 10,000+ active installsFully automatic sidebar menus.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Widgets in Menu for WordPress
4.8 (21) 8,000+ active installsAllows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since June 27, 2018.
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4.8 (24) 7,000+ active installsAllow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 2.3 times the installs, no update since June 2, 2021.
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5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsAdd navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, no update since June 10, 2025.
Switching from WP-REST-API V2 Menus: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP-REST-API V2 Menus?
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 WP-REST-API V2 Menus alternative has the most users?
Disable REST API, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP-REST-API V2 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-REST-API V2 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-REST-API V2 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-REST-API V2 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
WordPress REST API is the closest match to WP-REST-API V2 Menus by the data we track, and Disable REST API has the widest reach with 80,000+ 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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