Default Rest API Endpoints

WordPress provides various lists of Rest API endpoints.

They are used in various places.

In this article, we are going to see:

#What are the Rest API endpoints? What are the Rest API endpoints?

Rest API endpoints are the way to access your WordPress website data outside your WordPress website.

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#What is the use of Rest API endpoints? What is the use of Rest API endpoints?

Suppose, You have to build an eCommerce website, Where you have used WooCommmerce and added multiple products.

Now, Suppose you want to build your eCommerce website mobile app then the Rest API endpoints allow accessing your website data.

So, You can manage products from your website which are accessible on the website itself and in the mobile app as well.

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#How to use Rest API endpoints? How to use Rest API endpoints?

In WordPress you can access the Rest API endpoints by visiting the URL:

/wp-json/

E.g. My website is https://maheshwaghmare.com/

So, I can see my Rest API endpoints at:

https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/

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#How to see your website Rest API endpoints? How to see your website Rest API endpoints?

Open the browser and visit:

https://example.com/wp-json/

Note: Here, I have used example.com. YOu can change it with your own website domain name. You can also use the localhost if you working local by flywheel or XAMPP.

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#WordPress Rest API Namespace WordPress Rest API Namespace

WordPress is amazing. It allows the developer to add custom Rest API endpoints as per requirement.

Each RestAPI endpoint is available with the namespaces.

What are namespaces?

Namespaces are simply prefixed paths.

WordPress uses the namespaces /wp/v2/ to register all the endpoints.

E.g.

https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/wp/v2/

Here,

• https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/ – This is a Rest API base URL.
• /wp/v2/ – This is a namespace reserve to the WordPress default endpoints.

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#List of Default Endpoints List of Default Endpoints

Now, As we see in the above section when we visit the URL:
https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/wp/v2/

We’ll see all the default list of Rest API endpoints.

See the categorized list of all the endpoints.

#Posts Posts

Below is the list of all post’s endpoints:

/wp/v2/posts: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

With the help of these endpoints, you’ll access the WordPress posts outside your WordPress website.

E.g.

#Display the list of all WordPress posts with Rest API Display the list of all WordPress posts with Rest API

We can visit the URL:

https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/

By visiting this URL, we’ll get all the posts in JSON format.

E.g.

Here, You may confuse about how these data look like.

It’s a JSON format that shows like a big string.

To see the formatted output of the JSON data then install the browser extension.

I’m using the Chrome browser so, I’m installing the JSONVue chrome browser extension.

After installing and activating the extension, just refresh the page.

You’ll see the formatted JSON output as:

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#Pages Pages

/wp/v2/pages: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Media Media

/wp/v2/media: {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+)/post-process: {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+)/edit: {},

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#Menu Items Menu Items

/wp/v2/menu-items: {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Blocks Blocks

/wp/v2/blocks: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Templates Templates

/wp/v2/templates: {},
/wp/v2/templates/lookup: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<id>([^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?)[\/\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Template Parts Template Parts

/wp/v2/template-parts: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/lookup: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<id>([^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?)[\/\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Navigation Navigation

/wp/v2/navigation: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Types Types

/wp/v2/types: {},
/wp/v2/types/(?P<type>[\w-]+): {},

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#Statuses Statuses

/wp/v2/statuses: {},
/wp/v2/statuses/(?P<status>[\w-]+): {},

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#Taxonomies Taxonomies

/wp/v2/taxonomies: {},
/wp/v2/taxonomies/(?P<taxonomy>[\w-]+): {},

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#Categories Categories

/wp/v2/categories: {},
/wp/v2/categories/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Tags Tags

/wp/v2/tags: {},
/wp/v2/tags/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Menus Menus

/wp/v2/menus: {},
/wp/v2/menus/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Users Users

/wp/v2/users: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/users/me: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords/introspect: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords/(?P<uuid>[\w\-]+): {},

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#Comments Comments

/wp/v2/comments: {},
/wp/v2/comments/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},

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#Search Search

/wp/v2/search: {},

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#Block Renderer Block Renderer

/wp/v2/block-renderer/(?P<name>[a-z0-9-]+/[a-z0-9-]+): {},

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#Block Types Block Types

/wp/v2/block-types: {},
/wp/v2/block-types/(?P<namespace>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},
/wp/v2/block-types/(?P<namespace>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/(?P<name>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},

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#Global Styles Global Styles

/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[\/\s%\w\.\(\)\[\]\@_\-]+)/variations: {},
/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?): {},
/wp/v2/global-styles/(?P<id>[\/\w-]+): {},

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#Settings Settings

/wp/v2/settings: {},

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#Themes Themes

/wp/v2/themes: {},
/wp/v2/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?): {},

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#Plugins Plugins

/wp/v2/plugins: {},
/wp/v2/plugins/(?P<plugin>[^.\/]+(?:\/[^.\/]+)?): {},

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#Sidebars Sidebars

/wp/v2/sidebars: {},
/wp/v2/sidebars/(?P<id>[\w-]+): {},

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#Widget Types Widget Types

/wp/v2/widget-types: {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/encode: {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/render: {},

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#Widgets Widgets

/wp/v2/widgets: {},
/wp/v2/widgets/(?P<id>[\w\-]+): {},

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#How to show the Rest API data? How to show the Rest API data?

There are different ways to access the Rest API data.

I’m showing you how to access it with the help of the JavaScript fetch() method.

fetch( 'https://maheshwaghmare.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/' )
.then( res => res.json() )
.then( allPages => {
     console.log( allPages );
})

The output you’ll see something as below:

See the code pen for more details:
https://codepen.io/maheshwaghmare/pen/dyjYEjz

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#List of All Default Endpoints List of All Default Endpoints

/wp/v2/posts: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/posts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/pages: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/pages/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/media: {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+)/post-process: {},
/wp/v2/media/(?P<id>[\d]+)/edit: {},
/wp/v2/menu-items: {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/menu-items/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/blocks: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/blocks/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/templates: {},
/wp/v2/templates/lookup: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<id>([^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?)[\/\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/templates/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/template-parts: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/lookup: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<id>([^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?)[\/\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/template-parts/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/navigation: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/revisions/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/navigation/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/rank_math_schema: {},
/wp/v2/rank_math_schema/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/rank_math_schema/(?P<id>[\d]+)/autosaves: {},
/wp/v2/rank_math_schema/(?P<parent>[\d]+)/autosaves/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/types: {},
/wp/v2/types/(?P<type>[\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/statuses: {},
/wp/v2/statuses/(?P<status>[\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/taxonomies: {},
/wp/v2/taxonomies/(?P<taxonomy>[\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/categories: {},
/wp/v2/categories/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/tags: {},
/wp/v2/tags/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/menus: {},
/wp/v2/menus/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/users: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/users/me: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords/introspect: {},
/wp/v2/users/(?P<user_id>(?:[\d]+|me))/application-passwords/(?P<uuid>[\w\-]+): {},
/wp/v2/comments: {},
/wp/v2/comments/(?P<id>[\d]+): {},
/wp/v2/search: {},
/wp/v2/block-renderer/(?P<name>[a-z0-9-]+/[a-z0-9-]+): {},
/wp/v2/block-types: {},
/wp/v2/block-types/(?P<namespace>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},
/wp/v2/block-types/(?P<namespace>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/(?P<name>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},
/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[\/\s%\w\.\(\)\[\]\@_\-]+)/variations: {},
/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?): {},
/wp/v2/global-styles/(?P<id>[\/\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/settings: {},
/wp/v2/themes: {},
/wp/v2/themes/(?P<stylesheet>[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+(?:\/[^\/:<>\*\?"\|]+)?): {},
/wp/v2/plugins: {},
/wp/v2/plugins/(?P<plugin>[^.\/]+(?:\/[^.\/]+)?): {},
/wp/v2/sidebars: {},
/wp/v2/sidebars/(?P<id>[\w-]+): {},
/wp/v2/widget-types: {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+): {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/encode: {},
/wp/v2/widget-types/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/render: {},
/wp/v2/widgets: {},
/wp/v2/widgets/(?P<id>[\w\-]+): {},
/wp/v2/block-directory/search: {},
/wp/v2/pattern-directory/patterns: {},
/wp/v2/block-patterns/patterns: {},
/wp/v2/block-patterns/categories: {},
/wp/v2/menu-locations: {},
/wp/v2/menu-locations/(?P<location>[\w-]+): {},
/wp-site-health/v1: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/background-updates: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/loopback-requests: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/https-status: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/dotorg-communication: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/authorization-header: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/directory-sizes: {},
/wp-site-health/v1/tests/page-cache: {},
/wp-block-editor/v1: {},
/wp-block-editor/v1/url-details: {},
/wp-block-editor/v1/export: {}