Automattic

Automattic Comments API

The comments API from Automattic — 14 operation(s) for comments.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 20

GET /sites/{site}/comment-counts Get comment counts for each available status #
GET /sites/{site}/comment-history/{comment_ID} Get the audit history for given comment #
GET /sites/{site}/comments/ Get a list of recent comments #
GET /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID} Get a single comment #
POST /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID} Edit a comment #
POST /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/delete Delete a comment #
GET /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/likes/ Get the likes for a comment #
GET /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/likes/mine/ Get your like status for a comment #
POST /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/likes/mine/delete Remove your like from a comment #
POST /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/likes/new Like a comment #
POST /sites/{site}/comments/{comment_ID}/replies/new Create a comment as a reply to another comment #
GET /sites/{site}/posts/{post_ID}/replies/ Get a list of recent comments on a post #
POST /sites/{site}/posts/{post_ID}/replies/new Create a comment on a post #
GET /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments GET /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments #
POST /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments POST /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments #
GET /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} GET /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} #
POST /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} POST /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} #
PUT /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} PUT /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} #
PATCH /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} PATCH /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} #
DELETE /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} DELETE /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/comments/{id} #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/
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APIReference
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/rest-api-reference/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/getting-started/
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Documentation
https://akismet.com/development/api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/openapi/automattic-comments-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Console
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/Automattic/akismet-api
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PluginManifest
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/well-known/automattic-ai-plugin.json

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OpenAPI Specification

automattic-comments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Automattic Comments API
  x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-refined-note:
  - x-derived-from differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged comments across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-1-openapi.yml, automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-2-openapi.yml, automattic-wordpress-com-wp-v2-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.2
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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