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JWT Authentication for WP REST API

JWT Authentication for WP REST API

Security Login & Registration

JWT Authentication for WP REST API is a WordPress plugin for Login & Registration. It ranks #9 of 199 in that group by active installs and was last updated 9 months ago.

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Slug jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-api

60K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
4.4 Rating out of 5 From 53 ratings
21 Releases Since 5 September 2015
Feb 2026 Last release 9 months ago

Maintenance check

Is JWT Authentication for WP REST API still maintained?

Mostly - but at least one sign below is worth checking before you rely on it.

  • No release for a while. The last one was 9 months ago.
  • Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 6.9.10, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.
  • Well rated. 4.4 out of 5 from 53 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 98.6% of the directory

Ahead of 47,037 of the 47,729 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

98.6% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
47,037 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
691 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
1.5.0
Requires WordPress
4.2
Tested up to
6.9.10
Requires PHP
7.4.0
Added to the directory
5 September 2015
Last updated
18 February 2026
Contributors
1
Author
tmeister

Its own tags

  • json web authentication
  • jwt
  • oauth
  • rest-api
  • wp-api

Free text typed by the plugin author. The statistics page explains why they are not a taxonomy.

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