Wordpress REST API (wp-api) 404 Error
I have been using the Wordpress REST plugin WP-API for months now while developing locally with XAMPP. I recently migrated my site to an EC2 instance and everything is working fine except I now get a 404 with the following message whenever I try to access any endpoint on the API:
The requested URL /wordpress/wp-json/ was not found on this server
Pretty permalinks are enabled with the following structure http://.../wordpress/sample-post/ which works fine when navigating to a specific post in the browser.
Here are some details about my setup:
- Wordpress 4.4.1
- Not a Multisite
- WP REST API plugin 2.0-beta9
- Apache 2.2.22
- Ubuntu 12.04.5
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have gone through SO and the WP Support forums for several hours and am out of ideas. Thank you!
Answer
UPDATED NEW WAY
I also faced similar problem in a local project. I used index.php after my project url and it worked.
http://localhost/myproject/index.php/wp-json/wp/v2/posts
If it displays a 404 error then update permalinks first (see "Paged Navigation Doesn't Work" section
If it works, maybe you need to enable mod_rewrite, on ubuntu:
a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
Installation
The REST API is included in WordPress 4.7! Plugins are no longer required, just install the latest version of WordPress and you're ready to go.
If you're before 4.7:
Download plugin from here: http://v2.wp-api.org/
install and activate it.
Usage
To get all posts:
www.mysite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts
For the search functionality, searching for test post looks like this:
/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?filter[s]=test