Timeline for 0Auth API support POST Add Plugin

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  yichiangba09b41fbb · Member · Feb 13, 2026 at 10:50 pm

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  We are looking for a system-level method to install a plugin on a customer’s behalf. The current API documentation supports adding a plugin via a POST API, but only when using application passwords; OAuth is not supported for this operation.

  According to the OAuth documentation, OAuth provides a more secure authorization mechanism, but it does not include POST API support for installing plugins. Given this gap, we are exploring whether it would be possible to introduce an additional API that allows plugin installation via OAuth instead of relying on application passwords.

  Application Passsword: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/using-the-rest-api/authentication/

  0Auth API support: https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/rest-api-reference/