Title: Yoast API
Last modified: March 12, 2018

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# Yoast API

 *  Resolved [newwper3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newwper3/)
 * (@newwper3)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yoast-api/)
 * Hi,
 * May I know is it possible to bypass or whitelist yoast api without uncheck the‘
   Block any access to the API’?(I’d like to check the ‘Block any access to the 
   API’ to improve security)
    Many Thanks
 * WordPress: Blocked access to the WP REST API – [/wp-json/yoast/v1/statistics]
   
   WordPress: Blocked access to the WP REST API – [/wp-json/wp/v2/] WordPress: Blocked
   access to the WP REST API – [/wp-json/yoast/v1/ryte] WordPress: Blocked access
   to the WP REST API – [/wp-json/yoast/v1/statistics]

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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yoast-api/#post-10067984)
 * Hi,
 * You cannot whitelist `/wp-json/wp/v2/` because it is the REST API, that would
   be similar to disabling the “Block any access to the API” option.
    But if you
   know which IP(s) must connect to it, you can whitelist them with the help of 
   the [.htninja script](https://nintechnet.com/ninjafirewall/wp-edition/help/?htninja).

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