WooCommerce Legacy REST API

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1. ★★★★★ jbligh

   2mo ago

   Shipping broke on the site I maintain. Upgrading to the new USPS API is a complex nightmare and Woo is not helping.

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2. ★★★★★ alfredobenni

   5mo ago

   You’ve done a huge mess. E-commerce doesn’t work anymore.

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3. ★★★★★ shopstyle

   10mo ago

   I’m glad it exists, but sadly it has lots of depreciation messages in PHP 8.3

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4. ★★★★★ pradhanmukesh2008

   11mo ago

   Its Amazing

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5. ★★★★★ thomasjarvisdesign

   1.6y ago

   For some reason our clean install of woocommerce has the legacy rest api enabled and greyed out. Installing this plugin does not give us an option to turn off the api! Anyone got a solution on how to turn off the legacy rest api?

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6. ★★★★★ easilyconfused

   1.7y ago

   Installed in order to use Stripe, but despite jumping through many hoops, I still don’t have Stripe as an option? I wasted an afternoon for nothing.

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7. ★★★★★ essjay88

   2.2y ago

   Forced plugin install (not even an advisory notice) and either the auto updated WC 9.0 or the v1.0.4 plugin update crashed my client site. Critical error. I have rolled back to WC 8.9.3 and plugin v.1.0.3 to get the site back following advice at https://wordify.com/blog/woocommerce-9-0-0-update-class-wc_legacy_api-not-found/ This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by essjay88. Reason: update

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8. ★★★★★ rafasashi

   2.3y ago

   Installed without authorization. Disappointing…

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2024-05-16 Version 1.0.4 Correct a problem in which the attempted removal of admin notices (warning of HPOS incompatibility) could lead to a fatal error during plugin deactivation. 1.0.4
2. 2024-05-15 Version 1.0.3 Fix a bug introduced in 1.0.2 that caused a fatal error when checking if HPOS is enabled. 1.0.3
3. 2024-05-01 Version 1.0.2 Add a dismissable admin notice indicating that the Legacy REST API is not compatible with HPOS. The notice will appear if the orders table is (or has been) selected as the orders data store in the WooCommerce features se 1.0.2
4. 2024-01-08 Version 1.0.1 Replace the text domain for human-readable strings from ‘woocommerce’ to ‘woocommerce-legacy-rest-api’. Add sanitization for data received via query string arguments and the $_SERVER array. 1.0.1
5. 2023-11-01 Version 1.0.0 First version, replicates the WooCommerce Legacy REST API v3.1.0 present in WooCommerce 8.3. 1.0.0
6. — Version 1.0.5 Fix the usage of woocommerce_new_order action hook to avoid a fatal errors. 1.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

Translated into 12 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-06-29 500K+ → 400K+ down after 139 days in tier
2. 2025-02-10 400K+ → 500K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-02-09 500K+ → 400K+ down after 191 days in tier
4. 2024-08-02 400K+ → 500K+ up after 76 days in tier
5. 2024-05-18 300K+ → 400K+ up after 9 days in tier
6. 2024-05-09 200K+ → 300K+ up after 14 days in tier
7. 2024-04-25 100K+ → 200K+ up after 6 days in tier
8. 2024-04-19 20K+ → 100K+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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• WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Reddit for WooCommerce 80K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Snapchat for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Shiptastic for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A

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WooCommerce Legacy REST API: 400K+ active installs, 1.5★ (29 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/woocommerce-legacy-rest-api