REST API

Welcome to the WordPress.com REST API. Below, you’ll find a full listing of all the available endpoints. As we add more endpoints, they will be automatically documented here and available through the Developer Console.

If you’re not sure how to make calls to the API, you might want to check out the Getting Started guide or the walkthrough on authentication.

For more information about a particular endpoint, click on its name under the Resource header. You’ll be taken to the endpoint’s documentation page, which includes what query parameters the endpoint will accept, what the JSON object’s parameters will be in the response, and an example query/response.

If you’re looking for the WordPress REST API that shipped as part of WordPress core in version 4.7, see its documentation. Note that this API is also enabled on WordPress.com, but the URL structure on WordPress.com is slightly different than for self-hosted sites. See this post for more details.

Users

View user information data such as username, name, email, blog, and Gravatar.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/users	List the users of a site.
POST/sites/$site/users/$user_id	Update details of a user of a site.
POST/sites/$site/invites/new	Invite one or more users to your site.
GET/sites/$site/users/login:$user_id	Get details of a user of a site by login.
POST/sites/$site/users/$user_ID/delete	Deletes or removes a user of a site.
GET/users/suggest	Get a list of possible users to suggest for @mentions.
GET/me	Get metadata about the current user.
GET/me/billing-history	Get list of current user’s billing history and upcoming charges.
GET/me/settings/	Get the current user’s settings.
POST/me/settings/	Update the current user’s settings.
GET/me/preferences/	Get the current user’s settings.
POST/me/preferences/	Update the current user’s preferences.
POST/me/settings/password/validate	Verify strength of a user’s new password.
GET/me/settings/profile-links/	Get current user’s profile links.
POST/me/settings/profile-links/new	Add a link to current user’s profile.
POST/me/settings/profile-links/$slug/delete	Delete a link from current user’s profile.
GET/me/connected-applications/	Get current user’s connected applications.
GET/me/connected-applications/$ID	Get one of current user’s connected applications.
POST/me/connected-applications/$ID/delete	Delete one of current user’s connected application access tokens.
GET/me/two-step	Get information about current user’s two factor configuration.
POST/me/two-step/sms/new	Sends a two-step code via SMS to the current user.
GET/me/likes/	Get a list of the current user’s likes.

Sites

View general site information and options.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/shortcodes/render	Get a rendered shortcode for a site. Note: The current user must have publishing access.
GET/sites/$site/shortcodes	Get a list of shortcodes available on a site. Note: The current user must have publishing access.
GET/sites/$site/embeds/render	Get a rendered embed for a site. Note: The current user must have publishing access.
GET/sites/$site/embeds	Get a list of embeds available on a site. Note: The current user must have publishing access.
GET/sites/$site	Get information about a site.
GET/sites/$site/page-templates	Get a list of page templates supported by a site.
GET/sites/$site/post-types	Get a list of post types available for a site.
GET/sites/$site/post-counts/$post_type	Get number of posts in the post type groups by post status
GET/sites/$site/widgets	Retrieve the active and inactive widgets for a site.
POST/sites/$site/widgets/new	Activate a widget on a site.
GET/sites/$site/wordads/settings	Get detailed WordAds settings information about a site.
POST/sites/$site/wordads/settings	Update WordAds settings for a site.
GET/sites/$site/wordads/earnings	Get detailed WordAds earnings information about a site.
GET/sites/$site/wordads/tos	Get WordAds TOS information about a site.
POST/sites/$site/wordads/tos	Update WordAds TOS setting for a site.
POST/sites/$site/wordads/approve	Request streamlined approval to join the WordAds program.
GET/sites/$site/wordads/stats	Get WordAds stats for a site
GET/me/sites	Get a list of the current user’s sites.
GET/me/sites/features	Get a list of the current user’s sites features
GET/me/sites/plugins	Get a list of the current user’s sites plugins
POST/sites/$site/search	Search within a site using an Elasticsearch Query API.
GET/sites/$site/widgets/widget:$id	Retrieve a widget on a site by its ID.
POST/sites/$site/widgets/widget:$id	Update a widget on a site by its ID.
POST/sites/$site/widgets/widget:$id/delete	Deactivate a widget on a site by its ID. Will delete if already deactivated.
GET/sites/$site/headers/$theme_slug	Get the custom header options for a site with a particular theme.
GET/sites/$site/headers/mine	Get the custom header options for a site.
POST/sites/$site/headers/mine	Set the custom header options for a site.

Posts

View and manage posts including reblogs and likes.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/dropdown-pages/	Get a list of pages to be displayed as options in a select-a-page-dropdown.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID	Get a single post (by ID).
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID	Edit a post.
GET/sites/$site/posts/slug:$post_slug	Get a single post (by slug).
GET/sites/$site/posts/	Get a list of matching posts.
POST/sites/$site/posts/new	Create a post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/delete	Delete a post. Note: If the trash is enabled, this request will send the post to the trash. A second request will permanently delete the post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/restore	Restore a post or page from the trash to its previous status.
POST/sites/$site/posts/delete	Delete multiple posts. Note: If the trash is enabled, this request will send non-trashed posts to the trash. Trashed posts will be permanently deleted.
POST/sites/$site/posts/restore	Restore multiple posts.
GET/me/posts	Get a list of posts across all the user’s sites.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/likes/	Get a list of the likes for a post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/likes/new	Like a post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/likes/mine/delete	Unlike a post.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/likes/mine/	Get the current user’s like status for a post.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/	Get a list of the specified post’s subscribers.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/mine	Get subscription status of the specified post for the current user.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/new	Subscribe current user to be notified of the specified post’s comments.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/mine/update	Subscribe current user to be notified of the specified post’s comments.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/mine/delete	Unsubscribe the current user from the specified post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/reblogs/new	Reblog a post.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/reblogs/mine	Get reblog status for a post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post/related	Search within a site for related posts.

Comments

View and manage a post’s comments.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID	Get a single comment.
POST/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID	Edit a comment.
GET/sites/$site/comments/	Get a list of recent comments.
GET/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/replies/	Get a list of recent comments on a post.
POST/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/replies/new	Create a comment on a post.
POST/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/replies/new	Create a comment as a reply to another comment.
POST/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/delete	Delete a comment.
GET/sites/$site/comment-counts	Get comment counts for each available status
GET/sites/$site/comment-history/$comment_ID	Get the audit history for given comment
GET/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/likes/	Get the likes for a comment.
POST/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/likes/new	Like a comment.
POST/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/likes/mine/delete	Remove your like from a comment.
GET/sites/$site/comments/$comment_ID/likes/mine/	Get your like status for a comment.
GET/kill-switch/comment-likes	Kill comment likes

Taxonomy

View and manage a site’s tags and categories.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/categories	Get a list of a site’s categories.
GET/sites/$site/tags	Get a list of a site’s tags.
GET/sites/$site/categories/slug:$category	Get information about a single category.
POST/sites/$site/categories/slug:$category	Edit a category.
GET/sites/$site/tags/slug:$tag	Get information about a single tag.
POST/sites/$site/tags/slug:$tag	Edit a tag.
GET/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/slug:$slug	Get information about a single term.
POST/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/slug:$slug	Edit a term.
GET/sites/$site/post-types/$post_type/taxonomies	Get a list of taxonomies associated with a post type.
GET/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms	Get a list of a site’s terms by taxonomy.
POST/sites/$site/categories/new	Create a new category.
POST/sites/$site/tags/new	Create a new tag.
POST/sites/$site/categories/slug:$category/delete	Delete a category.
POST/sites/$site/tags/slug:$tag/delete	Delete a tag.
POST/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/new	Create a new term.
POST/sites/$site/taxonomies/$taxonomy/terms/slug:$slug/delete	Delete a term.

Follow

Follow and unfollow blogs.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/follows/	List a site’s followers in reverse chronological order.
POST/sites/$site/follows/new	Follow a blog.
POST/sites/$site/follows/mine/delete	Unfollow a blog.
GET/sites/$site/follows/mine	Get blog following status for the current user.

Sharing

Connect social media services to automatically share new posts and manage sharing buttons on a site.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/sharing-buttons/	Get a list of a site’s sharing buttons.
POST/sites/$site/sharing-buttons	Edit all sharing buttons for a site.
GET/meta/external-services/	Get a list of third-party services that WordPress.com or Jetpack sites can integrate with via keyring.
GET/meta/external-services/$service	Get information about a single external service that WordPress.com or Jetpack sites can integrate with via keyring.
GET/me/publicize-connections/	Get a list of publicize connections that the current user has set up.
GET/me/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID	Get a single publicize connection that the current user has set up.
POST/me/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID	Update a single publicize connection belonging to the current user.
POST/me/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID/delete	Delete the specified publicize connection.
GET/me/keyring-connections/	Get a list of all the keyring connections associated with the current user.
GET/me/keyring-connections/$keyring_connection_ID	Get a single Keyring connection that the current user has setup.
POST/me/keyring-connections/$keyring_connection_ID/delete	Delete the Keyring connection (and associated token) with the provided ID. Also deletes all associated publicize connections.
GET/sites/$site/publicize-connections/	Get a list of publicize connections that are associated with the specified site.
GET/sites/$site/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID	Get a single publicize connection that is associated with the specified site.
POST/sites/$site/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID	Update a single publicize connection belonging to the specified site.
POST/sites/$site/publicize-connections/new	Create a new publicize connection that is associated with the specified site.
POST/sites/$site/publicize-connections/$publicize_connection_ID/delete	Delete the specified publicize connection.
GET/meta/sharing-buttons	Get a list of external services for which sharing buttons are supported.

Freshly Pressed

View Freshly Pressed posts from the WordPress.com homepage.

Resource	Description
GET/freshly-pressed/	Get a list of Freshly Pressed posts. (Note: Freshly Pressed has been retired. Please visit https://discover.wordpress.com to get the best content published across our network.)

Notifications

View and manage a user’s notifications.

Resource	Description
POST/notifications/seen	Set the timestamp of the most recently seen notification.
POST/notifications/read	Mark a set of notifications as read.

Insights

View analytics for your application.

Resource	Description
GET/insights	Get a list of stats/metrics/insights that the current user has access to.
GET/insights/$slug	Get raw data for a particular graph.

Reader

Manage and view a user’s subscriptions to the WordPress.com Reader.

Resource	Description
GET/read/menu/	Get default reader menu.
GET/read/feed/$feed_url_or_id	Get details about a feed.
GET/read/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID	Get a single post (by ID).
GET/read/following/	Get a list of posts from the blogs a user follows.
GET/read/liked/	Get a list of posts from the blogs a user likes.
GET/read/tags/$tag/posts	Get a list of posts from a tag.
GET/read/tags	Get a list of tags subscribed to by the user.
GET/read/tags/alphabetic	Get a filtered list of top tags, grouped by letter.
GET/read/trending/tags	Get a list of trending tags.
GET/read/tags/$tag	Get details about a specified tag.
GET/read/tags/$tag/mine	Get the subscribed status of the user to a given tag.
POST/read/tags/$tag/mine/new	Subscribe to a new tag.
POST/read/tags/$tag/mine/delete	Unsubscribe from a tag.
GET/read/following/mine	Get a list of the feeds the user is following.
POST/read/following/mine/new	Follow the specified blog.
POST/read/following/mine/delete	Unfollow the specified blog.
GET/read/feed/	Get the ID and subscribe URL of one or more matching feeds by domain or URL.
GET/read/email-settings/	Returns the email settings
POST/read/email-settings/	Returns the email settings
GET/read/subscriptions-count/	Returns the number of blog, comment and pending subscriptions.
GET/read/recommendations/mine/	Get a list of blog recommendations for the current user.

Stats

View stats for a site.

Resource	Description
GET/sites/$site/stats/highlights	View highlight metrics from the last seven days.
GET/sites/$site/stats	Get a site’s stats
GET/sites/$site/stats/summary	View a site’s summarized views, visitors, likes and comments
GET/sites/$site/stats/top-posts	View a site’s top posts and pages by views
GET/sites/$site/stats/video/$post_id	View the details of a single video
GET/sites/$site/stats/referrers	View a site’s referrers
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks	View a site’s outbound clicks
GET/sites/$site/stats/tags	View a site’s views by tags and categories
GET/sites/$site/stats/top-authors	View a site’s top authors
GET/sites/$site/stats/comments	View a site’s top comment authors and most-commented posts
GET/sites/$site/stats/video-plays	View a site’s video plays
GET/sites/$site/stats/file-downloads	View a site’s file downloads
GET/sites/$site/stats/post/$post_id	View a post’s views
GET/sites/$site/stats/country-views	View a site’s views by country
GET/sites/$site/stats/followers	View a site’s followers
GET/sites/$site/stats/comment-followers	View a site’s comment followers
POST/sites/$site/stats/referrers/spam/new	Report a referrer as spam
POST/sites/$site/stats/referrers/spam/delete	Unreport a referrer as spam
GET/sites/$site/stats/publicize	View a site’s publicize follower counts
GET/sites/$site/stats/search-terms	View search terms used to find the site
GET/sites/$site/stats/views/posts	View the total number of views for each post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/emails/summary	View the total number of email opens and clicks for each post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/summary	View the total number of email opens for each post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/$post_id	View multiple stats related to email opens by post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/$post_id/client	View email opens stats by client.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/$post_id/country	View email opens stats by country.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/$post_id/device	View email opens stats by device.
GET/sites/$site/stats/opens/emails/$post_id/rate	View email opens rate by post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id	View chart stats related to email clicks by period.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/rate	View email clicks rate by post. Returns mock data.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/country	View email clicks by country.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/device	View email clicks by device.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/client	View email clicks by client.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/link	View email clicks by link.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/$post_id/user-content-link	View email clicks by user content link.
GET/sites/$site/stats/clicks/emails/summary	View the total number of email clicks for each post.
GET/sites/$site/stats/utm/$utm_param_name	Fetch site’s UTM param statistics.
GET/sites/$site/stats/utm/$utm_param_name/top_posts	Fetch top posts for a given UTM parameter value.
GET/sites/$site/stats/streak	Get stats for Calendar Heatmap. Returns data with each post timestamp.

Media

Manage a site’s media library.

Resource	Description
POST/sites/$site/media/$media_ID/delete	Delete a piece of media. Note: Media is deleted and not trashed.
GET/sites/$site/media/$media_ID	Get a single media item (by ID).
POST/sites/$site/media/$media_ID	Edit basic information about a media item.
GET/sites/$site/media/	Get a list of items in the media library.
POST/sites/$site/media/new	Upload a new piece of media.
POST/sites/$site/media/$media_ID/edit	Edit a media item.

Menus

View and manage a site’s menus.

Resource	Description
POST/sites/$site/menus/new	Create a new navigation menu.
POST/sites/$site/menus/$menu_id	Update a navigation menu.
GET/sites/$site/menus/$menu_id	Get a single navigation menu.
GET/sites/$site/menus	Get a list of all navigation menus.
POST/sites/$site/menus/$menu_id/delete	Delete a navigation menu

Batch

Batch several API GET requests into one.

Resource	Description
GET/batch/	Run several GET endpoints and return them as an array.

Videos

View video information.

Resource	Description
GET/videos/$guid	Get the metadata for a specified VideoPress video.
GET/videos/$guid/poster	Get the poster for a specified VideoPress video.
POST/videos/$guid/poster	Upload and set a poster for a specified VideoPress video.
GET/videos/$guid/chapters	Get the chapters for a specified VideoPress video.
GET/videos/$guid/playlist/$format	Get the poster for a specified VideoPress video.
POST/videos/$guid/tracks	Upload a subtitle/caption track for a specified VideoPress video.
POST/videos/$guid/tracks/delete	Delete an existing subtitle/caption track for a specified VideoPress video.