wp-rest-api

What problem does it solve?

WordPress developers building or debugging REST API endpoints can rapidly implement routes, controllers, input validation, and response shaping, while ensuring proper authentication and data exposure via REST.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Register REST routes with namespaces and versions using register_rest_route
• Build or extend WP_REST_Controller classes and show_in_rest metadata for CPTs and taxonomies
• Validate and sanitize request args using JSON schema and REST API patterns
• Debug authorization issues (401/403) and respond with proper WP_Error structures
• Use cases include creating custom endpoints for plugins or themes, exposing custom post types to REST, and secure data exposure

Quick Start

To begin, reference the skill to add a new REST endpoint using a namespace vendor/v1 and a route /plugin/v1/my-endpoint with a GET method and a permission_callback.