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JSON API Auth
JSON API Auth

JSON API Auth

4.7/5 (11 ratings) 700 active installs Updated Jul 29, 2025
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Download v3.0.0 Plugin Website
Call to generate_auth_cookie endpoint using Postman

Call to generate_auth_cookie endpoint using Postman

JSON API Auth extends the JSON API Plugin to allow RESTful user authentication.

JSON API Plugin, that is required, was closed on August 7, 2019 from WordPress repository. You can download JSON API Plugin from https://github.com/PI-Media/json-api until it is republished and available on WordPress.

Features include:

  • Generate Auth Cookie for user authentication

  • Validate Auth Cookie

  • Get Current User Info

For documentation: See ‘Other Notes’ tab above for usage examples.

Credits: http://www.parorrey.com/solutions/json-api-auth/