Title: WP REST API (WP API)
Author: Ryan McCue
Published: <strong>July 2, 2013</strong>
Last modified: February 25, 2016

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# json-rest-api

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-rest-api/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of May 14, 2018 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Merged into Core.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[not easy to get started](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-easy-to-get-started/)󠁿

 [Hadi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/v_r_boy/) June 25, 2017

not all endpoints need authentication. also lacks admin option

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### 󠀁[Good Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-1623/)󠁿

 [tejas.acquaintsoft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tejasacquaintsoft/) September
3, 2016 1 reply

Very Nice Plugin!!

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### 󠀁[need to explain how we use this with POSTMAN](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-to-explain-how-we-use-this-with-postman/)󠁿

 [gurpreetkaur6166](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gurpreetkaur6166/) September 
3, 2016

plz explain how we shell assign a taxonomy to a post using POSTMAN

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### 󠀁[WORDPRESS FTP CREDENTIALS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-ftp-credentials/)󠁿

 [jayjay_](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jayjay_/) December 21, 2016

This helped me fix the wordpress ftp credentials

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### 󠀁[Very Good Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-plugin-582/)󠁿

 [purnima11](https://profiles.wordpress.org/purnima11/) September 3, 2016

‘Very impressive work, This plugin is very helpful.’

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### 󠀁[4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/4-4/)󠁿

 [vikas.123](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vikas123/) September 3, 2016

When i installing this plugin,then it does not install.It’s give an error like..
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare json_api_init() (previously declared in /Applications/
XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/myproject/wp-content/plugins/json-api/json-api.php:24) in/
Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/myproject/wp-content/plugins/json-rest-api 
2/plugin.php on line 50

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP REST API (WP API)” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ryan McCue ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rmccue/)
 *   [ Rachel Baker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelbaker/)

[Translate “WP REST API (WP API)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/json-rest-api)

### Interested in development?

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## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.5**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api/advanced/)