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Rest API authentication with Headless WordPress

WordPress provides built-in support for authenticating the incoming request to its restful API, which is handy.

Rest API authentication with Headless WordPress

Application Password

reference

  1. generate set an application password
  2. use it for authentication
    http://localhost:8888/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/1
    using Basic Authentication
  • Username: YOUR_LOGIN_USERNAME
  • Password: APPLICATION_PASSWORD

On Local Development

reference
define WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE to enable Application Password in a local environment without HTTPS

define( 'WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'local' );