# WordPress.com REST API v1.1

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v11/  
**Provider:** Automattic — https://apis.io/providers/automattic/  
**Base URL:** https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1  
**Documentation:** https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/

WordPress.com REST API v1.1 is one of 9 APIs that [Automattic](https://apis.io/providers/automattic/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Content Management, Publishing, Comments, Media, and Analytics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

The primary WordPress.com REST API. 253 endpoints covering sites, posts, pages, comments, media, taxonomy, menus, themes, stats, Reader subscriptions, notifications, sharing and account management. Self-describing: every endpoint's method, path, parameters and response fields are published at /rest/v1.1/help.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/openapi/automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-1-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/overlays/automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-1-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/rest-api-reference/
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/getting-started/
- **Console** — https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Automattic APIs (8)

- [WordPress.com REST API v1.2](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v12/)
- [WordPress.com REST API v1.3](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v13/)
- [WordPress.com REST API - wp/v2 namespace](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-wpv2-namespace/)
- [WordPress.com REST API - wpcom/v2 namespace](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-wpcomv2-namespace/)
- [WordPress.com MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-mcp-server/)
- [Akismet API](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/akismet-api/)
- [Jetpack AI-Plugin API](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/jetpack-ai-plugin-api/)
- [WordPress VIP Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpress-vip-platform-api/)

## Tags

Content Management, Publishing, Comments, Media, Analytics

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