REST API Comment
REST API Comment adds in the 'Comment creation' function to the Wordpress REST API.
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·10 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, REST API Comment is a WordPress wp plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Theme Editor.
0/5Rating
10active installs
1.1K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
If you wish to ‘Create comments’ using REST API, without exposing Administrator credentials to the Front-End application, you are at the right place. Since WordPress 4.7, REST API was natively included in WordPress.
In order to ‘Create a comment’ , the authentication for a user with ‘Administrator’ role is required. While this is a deliberately done for security reasons, such implementation makes it very hard for Front-End applications to implement a simple ‘Post Comment’ or ‘Reply Comment’ function.
This plugin fulfils such requirement by extending the existing WordPress REST API endpoints.
Requirements:
Minimum PHP version: 7.0
Minimum WordPress version: 5.5
Installation:
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.2
- It prevents comments for posts with comment status ‘closed’
- It prevents comments for posts with post status different from ‘publish’
- Now it requires at least wordpress version 5.5
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