EndPointy Menus

EndPointy Menus adds custom REST API routes to expose your WordPress navigation menus as JSON.

Base namespace: endpointy-menus/v1

Endpoints:

• GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus Returns all registered menus with locations and items.

• GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/<id> Returns a single menu and its items by menu ID.

• GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/slug/<slug> Returns a single menu and its items by menu slug.

• GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations Returns all registered menu locations with assigned menus.

• GET /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/<location> Returns a menu assigned to a specific location (e.g., 'primary', 'footer').

Query Parameters:

• nested=true – Returns menu items in a hierarchical tree structure with parent-child relationships. Example: /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?nested=true

• meta=true – Adds extra item data: description, attr_title, current flag, featured image URL and post excerpt. Example: /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?meta=true

• fields=id,title,url – Returns only the listed fields per item (children are always kept in nested mode). Example: /wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?fields=id,title,url

Parameters can be combined, e.g. ?nested=true&meta=true&fields=id,title,url,children.

Settings (Settings → EndPointy Menus):

• Response caching with a configurable lifetime (transients, auto-flushed when a menu is edited).
• Optional API-key protection via X-API-Key header or api_key query parameter.
• CORS allow-list for browser-based consumers.
• Per-IP rate limiting (requests/minute) with X-RateLimit headers and 429 responses.
• ETag / Last-Modified conditional requests returning 304 Not Modified.

Developer hooks:

• endpointy_menus_item filter – modify each formatted menu item before output.

This is useful for headless WordPress setups or any external app that needs to read your menu structure.

Usage

Example requests:

Get all menus: https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus

Get single menu by ID: https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2

Get all menu locations: https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations

Get menu by location (e.g., 'primary'): https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/primary

Get nested menu structure: https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/menus/2?nested=true https://your-site.com/wp-json/endpointy-menus/v1/locations/primary?nested=true

Use these URLs directly from your front-end application or API client.

Support the Developer

If you find this plugin useful, you can support the developer:

• Website: https://gunjanjaswal.me
• GitHub: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus
• Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/gunjanjaswal

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! GitHub: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus Issues: https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Endpointy-Menus/issues