Title: rest_cannot_create
Last modified: December 16, 2020

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# rest_cannot_create

 *  [mbbmwb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburgessmalwarebytes/)
 * (@mburgessmalwarebytes)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/)
 * First of all, thank you for creating this plugin. I’ve been able to use it to
   retrieve a JWT via api call. As I’m using the token against the create post endpoint
   I get a 401 response with rest_cannot_create message. It is the same message 
   if I do not provide a token at all. Any tips about what is happening here?

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 *  Plugin Author [Bagus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contactjavas/)
 * (@contactjavas)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/#post-13800786)
 * Hi [@mburgessmalwarebytes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburgessmalwarebytes/),
   thanks for asking.
 * The `wp/v2` namespace is whitelisted by default. You shouldn’t need to a token
   by default. Do you POST your data to this endpoint: `/wp/v2/posts`?
 * Or, how do you create the post?
 * Best,
    Bagus
 *  Thread Starter [mbbmwb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburgessmalwarebytes/)
 * (@mburgessmalwarebytes)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/#post-13803089)
 * [@contactjavas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contactjavas/), I’m actually
   using a POST to ?rest_route=/wp/v2/posts to be precise.
 *  Plugin Author [Bagus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contactjavas/)
 * (@contactjavas)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/#post-13803161)
 * 😮 do you use plain permalink [@mburgessmalwarebytes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburgessmalwarebytes/)?
 *  Thread Starter [mbbmwb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburgessmalwarebytes/)
 * (@mburgessmalwarebytes)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/#post-13803191)
 * [@contactjavas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contactjavas/) We use WordPress
   permalinks.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest_cannot_create/#post-13803191)
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