SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
Disable the REST API user endpoints due to obscure user slugs.
5(2 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints is a WordPress rest-api plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 61% this week. Top alternative: WooCommerce Legacy REST API.
5/52 reviews
6.0K+active installs
29K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
With WordPress 4.7 the REST API is part of the core. At the moment everyone has read access to the REST API. As a result of that a potential intruder can retrieve a list of all user slugs via /wp-json/wp/v2/users. This plugin disables the REST API user endpoints to obscure the user slugs.
Contribute
Contributions are more than welcome. Simply head over to Github and open an issue or a pull request.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great plugin
by Joe B·4 years ago·1 reply
Great plugin, works as it should, a must for any WordPress site.
Perfect
by philippenantes·9 years ago
Does what is says, and you really shoud use this on all your sites.
I just can’t imagine your woocommerce customers login names being exposed via the REST API. Though the REST API is an amazing feature
Kudos on this !!!
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 19This week: 71Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.4
97.9%
Other
2.1%
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Changelog
2.4 (2024.12.31)
- Test up to WordPress 6.7
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