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REST API Route Tester
v1.6.0 · by Nowshad Jawad
A WordPress admin tool to quickly test REST API routes, path params, headers, body payloads, and copy requests as cURL.
About this plugin
REST API Route Tester is a powerful tool for WordPress developers and administrators to test and debug REST API endpoints. It provides a user-friendly interface to:
- View all registered REST API routes
- Test routes with different HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD)
- Switch between different user roles to test permissions
- Send custom headers and body data
- View detailed responses including status codes and timing
- Optional request tracing: hooks, SQL, and outbound HTTP (waterfall, flame graph, call tree)
- Request history and saved requests with full state restore
- WordPress 7.0 AI helpers: explain responses and suggest request bodies (when Connectors are configured)
- Abilities API integration for agent workflows