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REST API Route Tester

by Nowshad Jawad · Uncategorized

A WordPress admin tool to quickly test REST API routes, path params, headers, body payloads, and copy requests as cURL.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 63 average across 4,736 Uncategorized plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-05-28 · 415 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-46% vs prior 30d
May 25
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

81

now · peak 181

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

REST API Route Teste · #20197 Disable REST API · #508 Make Connector · #550 Disable WP REST API · #1097

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈57

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 66 days.

Install history · since 2025-05-29 · 412 observations

Details

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2025-05-29 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
8.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-15 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
  2. 2026-06-13 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
  3. 2026-06-11 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in band
  4. 2026-06-02 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2026-06-01 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
  6. 2026-05-28 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
  7. 2026-05-24 40+ → 30+ down after 52 days in band
  8. 2026-04-02 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in band

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REST API Route Tester: 50+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rest-api-route-tester