Title: WP REST API – Basic Authentication Last modified: May 8, 2023 --- # WP REST API – Basic Authentication * [vrpr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vrpr/) * (@vrpr) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-basic-authentication/) * I am writing a WordPress plugin and want to use the WP REST API. I’m researching this question and came across this: “[Basic Authentication with Application Passwords](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/using-the-rest-api/authentication/)“. Does this apply to plugins or is it really only for applications? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Robert Anderson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noisysocks/) * (@noisysocks) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-basic-authentication/#post-16721221) * Hi [@vrpr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vrpr/). Application Passwords are intended for third party apps e.g. mobile apps that want to access a WordPress site’s REST API endpoints. The WordPress site’s REST API endpoints may include endpoints that are added by a plugin. * Does that answer your question? * Thread Starter [vrpr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vrpr/) * (@vrpr) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-basic-authentication/#post-16721595) * Yes, thank you. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘WP REST API – Basic Authentication’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin/) * [wp rest api](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-rest-api/) * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [vrpr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vrpr/) * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-basic-authentication/#post-16721595) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics