MemberPress Members API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: MemberPress Developer Tools REST Members API
  version: v1
  summary: Members, memberships, transactions, subscriptions, groups, rules, coupons, reminders, events and webhooks for a self-hosted MemberPress WordPress site.
  description: 'The MemberPress REST API is exposed by the MemberPress **Developer Tools** add-on on the site owner''s own WordPress installation, under the WordPress REST namespace `mp/v1`. There is no MemberPress-operated SaaS host: the base URL is always `https://{site}/wp-json/mp/v1`, where `{site}` is the customer''s WordPress site.


    AUTHENTICATION. MemberPress documents two mechanisms. The Developer Tools documentation page states the API key is sent in the `MEMBERPRESS-API-KEY` request header; the MemberPress REST API documentation repository and its Postman collection send the same key in the `Authorization` header. Both are provider-published and both are modelled here. Alternatively a logged-in WordPress user holding the `remove_users` capability (typically an administrator) is authorized; a caller without it receives 401.


    PROVENANCE. **MemberPress publishes no OpenAPI description.** This document is DERIVED, not harvested. Every path, method, query parameter and request field below is transcribed from MemberPress''s own public sources: the README of https://github.com/caseproof/memberpress-rest-api-documentation, the `memberpress-api-postman-collection.json` published in that same repository (saved verbatim in this repo under `postman/`), and https://memberpress.com/docs/overview-of-using-the-developer-tools/. Response schemas are deliberately left as generic objects because MemberPress does not publish response field definitions — nothing is invented to fill the gap. Endpoints MemberPress itself flags as not present in every installation carry an `x-availability` note.'
  contact:
    name: MemberPress Support
    url: https://memberpress.com/support/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    identifier: LicenseRef-Proprietary
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-08-12'
    method: derived
    published_by_provider: false
    derived_by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
    sources:
    - https://github.com/caseproof/memberpress-rest-api-documentation/blob/main/README.md
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/caseproof/memberpress-rest-api-documentation/main/memberpress-api-postman-collection.json
    - https://memberpress.com/docs/overview-of-using-the-developer-tools/
    - https://memberpress.com/docs/developer-tools-actions/
    note: MemberPress publishes no OpenAPI/Swagger description on any host probed on 2026-08-12 (memberpress.com/openapi.json 404, /swagger.json 404, no spec in the caseproof GitHub organization). This description is API Evangelist's faithful transcription of MemberPress-published documentation and must not be presented as a MemberPress-published artifact.
servers:
- url: https://{site}/wp-json/mp/v1
  description: The customer's own WordPress installation. MemberPress is self-hosted; there is no vendor-operated API host.
  variables:
    site:
      default: example.com
      description: Hostname of the WordPress site running MemberPress with the Developer Tools add-on enabled.
security:
- MemberPressApiKey: []
- AuthorizationApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Members
  description: Members are the WordPress users MemberPress tracks.
paths:
  /members:
    get:
      operationId: listMembers
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: List members
      description: Lists all members (WordPress users) known to MemberPress.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. Returns a JSON array of resources. The response carries the WordPress pagination headers `X-WP-Total` and `X-WP-TotalPages`.
          headers:
            X-WP-Total:
              description: Total number of items.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-WP-TotalPages:
              description: Total number of pages.
              schema:
                type: integer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Page number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Items per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      - name: search
        in: query
        required: false
        description: General search term.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: orderby
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Field to order results by.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: order
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Sort direction (ASC or DESC).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: search[id]
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Search by member ID.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: search[email]
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Search by email address.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: search[username]
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Search by username.
        schema:
          type: string
    post:
      operationId: createMember
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: Create member
      description: Creates a new member. `email` and `username` are required.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. MemberPress returns the requested resource(s) as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  description: Email address.
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: Username.
                password:
                  type: string
                  description: Password. Auto-generated if not provided.
                first_name:
                  type: string
                  description: First name.
                last_name:
                  type: string
                  description: Last name.
                address1:
                  type: string
                  description: Address line 1.
                address2:
                  type: string
                  description: Address line 2.
                city:
                  type: string
                  description: City.
                state:
                  type: string
                  description: State or province.
                zip:
                  type: string
                  description: Postal code.
                country:
                  type: string
                  description: Country code.
                phone:
                  type: string
                  description: Phone number.
                send_password_email:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Send the password email to the new member.
                transaction:
                  type: object
                  description: Nested transaction object to create alongside the member.
              required:
              - email
              - username
  /members/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getMember
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: Get member
      description: Gets a specific member by ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. MemberPress returns the requested resource(s) as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Member ID.
        schema:
          type: integer
    put:
      operationId: updateMember
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: Update member
      description: Updates an existing member. Accepts the same fields as create, except `password`.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. MemberPress returns the requested resource(s) as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Member ID.
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  description: Email address.
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: Username.
                first_name:
                  type: string
                  description: First name.
                last_name:
                  type: string
                  description: Last name.
                address1:
                  type: string
                  description: Address line 1.
                address2:
                  type: string
                  description: Address line 2.
                city:
                  type: string
                  description: City.
                state:
                  type: string
                  description: State or province.
                zip:
                  type: string
                  description: Postal code.
                country:
                  type: string
                  description: Country code.
                phone:
                  type: string
                  description: Phone number.
                send_password_email:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Send the password email to the new member.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteMember
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: Delete member
      description: Deletes a member. MemberPress documents this as destructive — use with caution.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. MemberPress returns the requested resource(s) as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Member ID.
        schema:
          type: integer
  /member_options:
    get:
      operationId: getMemberOptions
      tags:
      - Members
      summary: Get member options
      description: Returns the available options for members (roles and similar).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. MemberPress returns the requested resource(s) as JSON.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. Returned when the API key is missing or invalid, or when the authenticated WordPress user does not hold the `remove_users` capability.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-availability: MemberPress documents this endpoint as not available in all installations. See the 'Missing Endpoints and Alternatives' section of the provider README.
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: 'MemberPress returns WordPress REST API errors. The documented success envelope is `{"success": true, "data": {...}}`; WordPress core errors carry `code`, `message` and `data.status`.'
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: WordPress error code slug.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP status code.
  securitySchemes:
    MemberPressApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: MEMBERPRESS-API-KEY
      description: Developer Tools API key, as documented at https://memberpress.com/docs/overview-of-using-the-developer-tools/
    AuthorizationApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: The same Developer Tools API key sent in the `Authorization` header, as used by the MemberPress REST API documentation repository and its Postman collection. Note this is a bare key, not an RFC 7235 `Bearer <token>` credential.
externalDocs:
  description: MemberPress REST API documentation (caseproof/memberpress-rest-api-documentation)
  url: https://github.com/caseproof/memberpress-rest-api-documentation