Title: Query WordPress Version over API and send E-Mail notification when outdated
Last modified: March 23, 2022

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# Query WordPress Version over API and send E-Mail notification when outdated

 *  anonymized-18692703
 * (@anonymized-18692703)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-wordpress-version-over-api-and-send-e-mail-notification-when-outdated/)
 * I am currently trying to build an interface to query the current version of an
   external WordPress site.
 * Since I have no experience with the WordPress REST API, I wanted to ask you if
   this is even possible with the REST API.
 * Additionally, I would need to set up an email notification once this queried 
   version is outdated.
 * How would you approach this idea? I would appreciate any feedback and guidance.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-wordpress-version-over-api-and-send-e-mail-notification-when-outdated/#post-15488182)
 * I don’t see a version value anywhere in the documented API endpoints. It’ll likely
   require a custom route/endpoint to be able to get the version through the API.
 * You could instead make a HEAD request to the bare domain URL and check the generator
   meta tag value.

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