RESTful JSON API Pro groups four operational tabs together: Caching Rate Limiting Log Manage Transients They are not random premium features. They answer the four questions that appear once a WordPress API moves from “it works” to “people are actually using it.” The free RESTful JSON API plugin handles the core API surface: controller routing,…
Rate limiting sounds simple until a real API receives real traffic. The obvious approach is a fixed window: allow 100 requests per minute, count requests until the minute ends, then reset the counter. That works until a client sends 100 requests at 12:00:59 and another 100 at 12:01:00. Technically each minute stayed within the limit,…
Every public API request costs something. WordPress loads, hooks run, posts and terms are queried, objects are shaped, and a JSON response is encoded. When a mobile app, widget, or frontend asks the same read-only question again and again, the site should not pay the full cost every time. That is the job of Caching…
RESTful JSON API Pro adds the production layer for the free RESTful JSON API plugin. The free plugin includes the API foundation: Core read utilities, read-only Posts endpoints, the rebuilt User controller, JWT login, API Config, CORS, HTTPS enforcement, and the Documentation tab. Pro adds: Caching, Rate Limiting, Log, Manage Transients, post create/update/delete endpoints. The…
The original JSON API plugin was an important part of WordPress history. Dan Phiffer built the early work around 2009-2010, originally for the Museum of Modern Art blog, long before WordPress had its own REST API. By the time many WordPress site owners adopted it around 2013, there was still no default WordPress REST API…