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logoscon/key-auth
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API/Secret Key Authentication handler for the WP REST API.

1.1.1(9y ago)110.0kGPL-2.0+PHP

Since May 9Pushed 9y ago12 watchersCompare

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WP-API Key Authentication Plugin
================================

[](#wp-api-key-authentication-plugin)

Access your WordPress site's data through an easy-to-use HTTP REST API.

About
-----

[](#about)

Allows Key Authentication access to the WordPress JSON API.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Drop this directory in and activate it. You need to be using pretty permalinks to use the plugin, as it uses custom rewrite rules to power the API.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 1.1.1

[](#111)

- Changed the debug key.

### 1.1.0

[](#110)

- Removed the Loader class.

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- Initial release.

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~123 days

Total

3

Last Release

3415d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/42eed63db46bd6dc4df88e37095ad4f8aeacfcc63f68e7e11c637eb9ec18a652?d=identicon)[s3rgiosan](/maintainers/s3rgiosan)

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Top Contributors

[![s3rgiosan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/499982?v=4)](https://github.com/s3rgiosan "s3rgiosan (18 commits)")[![goblindegook](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/285497?v=4)](https://github.com/goblindegook "goblindegook (2 commits)")[![rmccue](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21655?v=4)](https://github.com/rmccue "rmccue (1 commits)")

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Tags

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