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WordPress Comments API

Manage WordPress comments

WordPress Comments API is one of 17 APIs that WordPress publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Comments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and 14 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{site}/wp-json.

2 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://{site}/wp-json
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic, HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

WordPress Comments API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the cookie as wordpress_logged_in (cookieAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (applicationPassword). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • cookieAuth — WordPress cookie authentication with nonce (X-WP-Nonce header required)
  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using Application Passwords (WordPress 5.6+)
  • applicationPassword — Application Passwords - generate per-application passwords from user profile in WordPress admin

Paths & Operations 2

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Comments 2

Manage WordPress comments

GET
/wp/v2/comments
WordPress List Comments
listComments 4 params → 200
POST
/wp/v2/comments
WordPress Create Comment
createComment body → 201400

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Comment (10 properties), CommentInput (5 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties), RenderedContent (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RenderedContent
object
A rendered content object containing raw and rendered versions
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
A WordPress REST API error response
3 properties
CommentInput
object
Input schema for creating a comment
5 properties 2 required
Comment
object
A WordPress comment object
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wordpress-comments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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WordPress Pages API
WordPress Plugins API
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