WPGraphQL

Open-source WordPress plugin that exposes a full-featured extendable GraphQL API for WordPress data including posts, pages, users, menus, taxonomies, media, and plugins. Created by Jason Bahl and now supported by Automattic as a Canonical Plugin, WPGraphQL enables headless WordPress development with modern JavaScript frameworks like Next.js, Svelte, and Astro. The plugin ships with a GraphiQL IDE in the WordPress dashboard and supports custom post types, ACF fields, WooCommerce, and dozens of extension plugins through a flexible schema registration system.

WPGraphQL publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include GraphQL, WordPress, Headless CMS, Content Management, and Open Source.

WPGraphQL’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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23.8/100 emerging ▲ 9.6 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

1 APIs

GraphQLWordPressHeadless CMSContent ManagementOpen SourcePluginDecoupled WordPress

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Composite quality — 23.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 12.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

WPGraphQL API

Extendable GraphQL API for WordPress that exposes posts, pages, custom post types, users, menus, taxonomies, media, and settings as GraphQL types and connections. Supports queri...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

WordPressPlugin

WordPressPlugin

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

OpenCollective

OpenCollective

Source (apis.yml)

aid: wpgraphql
name: WPGraphQL
description: Open-source WordPress plugin that exposes a full-featured extendable GraphQL API for WordPress data including
  posts, pages, users, menus, taxonomies, media, and plugins. Created by Jason Bahl and now supported by Automattic as a Canonical
  Plugin, WPGraphQL enables headless WordPress development with modern JavaScript frameworks like Next.js, Svelte, and Astro.
  The plugin ships with a GraphiQL IDE in the WordPress dashboard and supports custom post types, ACF fields, WooCommerce,
  and dozens of extension plugins through a flexible schema registration system.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/wpgraphql.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wpgraphql/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-14'
modified: '2026-06-14'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- GraphQL
- WordPress
- Headless CMS
- Content Management
- Open Source
- Plugin
- Decoupled WordPress
apis:
- aid: wpgraphql:wpgraphql-api
  name: WPGraphQL API
  description: Extendable GraphQL API for WordPress that exposes posts, pages, custom post types, users, menus, taxonomies,
    media, and settings as GraphQL types and connections. Supports queries, mutations, and subscriptions with cursor-based
    pagination, authentication via WordPress nonce or JWT, and an introspectable schema discoverable via the built-in GraphiQL
    IDE.
  humanURL: https://www.wpgraphql.com/
  baseURL: https://example.com/graphql
  tags:
  - WordPress
  - GraphQL
  - Content API
  - Headless CMS
  - Posts
  - Taxonomies
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/introduction
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/wpgraphql-graphql.md
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/quick-start
  - type: GraphiQL
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/using-the-graphiql-ide
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/authentication-and-authorization
  - type: KnownLimitations
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/known-limitations
  - type: Performance
    url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/performance
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wpgraphql-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/introduction
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/wp-graphql
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-bahl/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.wpgraphql.com/
- type: WordPressPlugin
  url: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-graphql/
- type: OpenCollective
  url: https://opencollective.com/wp-graphql
- type: Plans
  url: plans/wpgraphql-plans.md
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/wpgraphql-rate-limits.md
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/wpgraphql-finops.md
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com