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JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs

by miniOrange · Uncategorized

Secure and protect WordPress REST API from unauthorized access using JWT token, Basic Authentication, API Key, OAuth 2, or external token.

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87 Health · A
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 84
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-66%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “20K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20K–30K ≈29K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1379 daily snapshots

Details

Version
4.4.0
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2019-05-09
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-02-25 10K+ → 20K+ up after 365 days in band
  2. 2023-02-25 9K+ → 10K+ up after 26 days in band
  3. 2023-01-30 8K+ → 9K+ up after 29 days in band
  4. 2023-01-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 3 days in band
  5. 2022-12-29 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in band
  6. 2022-12-28 9K+ → 8K+ down after 7 days in band
  7. 2022-12-21 8K+ → 9K+ up after 71 days in band
  8. 2022-10-11 7K+ → 8K+ up

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JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs: 20K+ active installs, 4.4★ (73 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-rest-api-authentication