Authentication

To activate Wordpress API, please follow the steps below:

Login to your WordPress instance as an admin
Navigate to plugins (left menu) > Add New
Search for WordPress REST API Authentication plugin
Click on Install Now and once installed, click on Activate

Configure REST API Basic Auth using UserName & Password:

In the plugin, go to the Configure API Authentication and click on Basic Authentication
Select the Username: Password as the Basic Authentication Key Type and click Save Configuration
Use your login username and password to connect

Please find below a reference to REST API documentation
https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/

Updated on: 21/07/2022