As of April 2026, WP REST Yoast Meta is a WordPress api plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 32K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: WP Consent API.
This plugin is no longer updated, but is open for adoption
As of Yoast SEO version 16.7 the functionality provided by this plugin is now part of the Yoast SEO plugin itself. This plugin will no longer be updated, but is open for adoption. If you are interested in adopting this plugin, please contact the authors.
Are you using WordPress for a headless set-up, using the WP REST API? And would you like to use the Yoast SEO plugin just like you would for any other project? This plugin adds the meta tags generated by the Yoast SEO plugin to the WP REST API output, allowing your headless set-up to implement them. Also when you are using Yoast SEO Premium you have the option to retrieve redirects throught the API: this plugin adds a custom endpoint (/wp-rest-yoast-meta/v1/redirects) to provide t…
Thank you! This plugin helped me to get all the Yoast meta data in JSON format, so I can use it in my website build with React in combination with Headless WordPress.
Returns everything needed from the first time
Install, activate, and boom… instantly started seeing all of the SEO by Yoast fields in my JSON responses.
Must Have for applications using WordPress as headless CMS. Much better to make use of the existing Yoast SEO settings. Thanks for this plugin for making it available on the REST API.
This is an awesome plugin and is a must-have for a headless setup.
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 5.7.15 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
Release Date: July 1st, 2021
Bugfix: The yoast_title wasn’t set correctly for consecutive posts in an overview request.
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