WordPress REST API Authentication plugin secures the unauthorized access to your WordPress site using different authentication credentials verification. This plugin doesn’t requires much configuration. There are multiple ways to secure a REST APIs e.g. basic auth, OAuth, JWT etc. but one thing is sure that RESTful APIs should be stateless – so request authentication/authorization should not depend on cookies or sessions. Instead, each API request should come with some sort authentication credentials which must be validated on the server for each and every request. REST API Authentication Methods: * Basic Authentication 1. Using Username & Password 2. Using Client-ID & Client-Secret * API Key Authentication (Authentication with Randomly Generated Key ) * JWT Authentication / JSON Web Tokens Authentication * OAuth 2.0 Authentication 1. Client Credentials 2. Password grant * API Authentication for Third Party Provider( using Introspection Endpoint / User Info Endpoint ) FEATURES: * Supports Basic Auth (Basic Authentication), API Key, OAuth 2.0, JWT Authentication methods * Validates Signature for json web tokens (jwt) * Allows to access all type of posts/pages based on User’s WordPress Role & Capability * Allows to Authenticate your WordPress site / REST API with token (access token / jwt token) provided by your OAuth Provider ( Third Party Provider ) * Supports WooCommerce API Authentication Privacy This plugin does not store any user data.
