# WordPress.com REST API - wp/v2 namespace

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-wpv2-namespace/  
**Provider:** Automattic — https://apis.io/providers/automattic/  
**Base URL:** https://public-api.wordpress.com/wp/v2  
**Documentation:** https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/

WordPress.com REST API - wp/v2 namespace 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, and Open-Source. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The WordPress core REST API shape as served by WordPress.com, site-scoped at /wp/v2/sites/{site}/. 348 operations across posts, pages, comments, media, taxonomies, block types, block patterns, global styles, templates, plugins, themes, settings and the WordPress Abilities API. Chosen when portability with self-hosted WordPress matters.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/openapi/automattic-wordpress-com-wp-v2-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/overlays/automattic-wordpress-com-wp-v2-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/

## Other Automattic APIs (8)

- [WordPress.com REST API v1.1](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v11/)
- [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 - 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, Open-Source

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