Does one thing: Completely disables the WordPress REST API for visitors who are not logged into WordPress. No configuration required.
Important: This plugin completely disables the WP REST API for visitors who are NOT logged in to WordPress. So not recommended if your site needs the WP REST API for any non-logged users.
👉 The fast, simple way to prevent abuse of your site’s REST/JSON API 👉 Protects your site’s REST data from all non-logged users and bots 👉 Uses only 4KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective
Funktionen
- Disable REST/JSON for visitors (not logged in)
- Disables REST header in HTTP response for all users
- Disables REST links in HTML head for all users
- 100% plug-and-play, set-it-and-forget solution
How does it work?
This plugin completely disables the WP REST API unless the user is logged into WordPress.
- For logged-in users, WP REST API works normally
- For logged-out users, WP REST API is disabled
What happens if logged-out visitor makes a JSON/REST request? They will get only a simple message:
rest_login_required: REST API restricted to authenticated users.
This message may customized via the filter hook, disable_wp_rest_api_error. Check out this post for an example of how to do it.
Datenschutz
Dieses Plugin sammelt und speichert keine Benutzerdaten. Es setzt keine Cookies und es verbindet sich zu keinen Drittanbietern. Daher beeinträchtigt dieses Plugin die Privatsphäre des Benutzers in keiner Weise. Wenn überhaupt, dann verbessert es die Privatsphäre des Benutzers, da es potenziell sensible Informationen vor der Anzeige/Aufruf durch die RESP API schützt.
Disable WP REST API is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
Support development of this plugin
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
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