rest api endpoint 404 error on free site

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  matthewhd7fe9459d5 · Member · Mar 5, 2023 at 7:31 pm

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  When using https://website.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts for example, on other websites, I get a 200 response. On my website, I get a 404 error. I do have a free wordpress site. I’ve seen suggestions to change the permalink settings in order to fix this. Will I have to get a business account in order to use the rest api?

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 25, 2023 at 1:13 am

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  Hi @matthewhd7fe9459d5, thanks for your patience on this. You won’t be able to change your permalink settings on a free site (we keep the infrastructure super simple so we can keep them free). That said, are you using our API? It’s a bit different on WordPress.com vs individual WordPress.org installations:

  https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/

  I hope this helps!