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.

This documentation is for our most recent version of the REST API, version 1.1. Documentation is still available for version 1 of the REST API.

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/$user_id Update details of a user of a site.
GET/sites/$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/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/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/summary View the total number of email clicks for each post.
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.

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.