JSON API Auth
by Ali Qureshi on WordPress.org
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:
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Generate Auth Cookie for user authentication
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Validate Auth Cookie
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Get Current User Info
For documentation: See ‘Other Notes’ tab above for usage examples.
Credits: http://www.parorrey.com/solutions/json-api-auth/
Active installations900+
Weekly downloads
235+209.21%
Version3.0.0
Last updated7/29/2025
WordPress version3.0.1
Tested up to6.8.2
PHP version5.3
Tags
apiauthenticate userjson apiwordpress user authentication
