Title: REST API blocks
Author: Jonny Harris
Published: August 11, 2021
Last modified: January 3, 2026
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# REST API blocks
By [Jonny Harris](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rest-api-blocks.2.0.0.zip)
* [Details](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/#description)
* [Reviews](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/#installation)
* [Development](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-blocks/)
## Description
A simple plugin to add block data in json format into the rest api. Once installed,
there will be two new fields added to the rest api, `has_blocks` and `blocks`.
For example output. `"has_blocks": true, "block_data": [ { "blockName": "core/image","
attrs": { "url": "https://www.spacedmonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/test-image.
jpg", "alt": "Terminal de aeropuerto", "caption": "fsfsdfdsfdssfd", "href": "https://
www.spacedmonkey.com/test-image", "rel": "noreferrer noopener", "linkClass": "jonny-
123", "linkTarget": "_blank", "id": 147355, "width": 582, "height": 327, "linkDestination":"
attachment" }, "innerBlocks": [ ], "innerHTML": "\nfsfsdfdsfdssfd
\n", "innerContent": [ "\nfsfsdfdsfdssfd
\n" ], "rendered": "\nfsfsdfdsfdssfd\n" } ],
### Technical Notes
* Requires PHP 5.6+.
* Requires WordPress 5.5+.
* Issues and Pull requests welcome on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/
spacedmonkey/wp-rest-blocks
### Development
This plugin uses `@wordpress/env` for local development and testing.
### Prerequisites
* Node.js 20+ and npm
* Docker Desktop (must be installed and running)
### Setup
1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:
`bash npm install composer install
3. Start the WordPress environment:
`bash npm run env:start
4. This will start a local WordPress instance at `http://localhost:8888` (admin: `
http://localhost:8888/wp-admin` with username `admin` and password `password`)
5. **Note:** Docker must be running for this to work. The first time you run this,
it will download WordPress and set up the database, which may take a few minutes.
### Available Commands
* `npm run env:start` – Start the WordPress environment
* `npm run env:stop` – Stop the WordPress environment
* `npm run env:reset` – Reset the environment (clean database)
* `npm run env:destroy` – Destroy the environment completely
* `npm run test:php` – Run PHPUnit tests
* `npm run test:php:multisite` – Run PHPUnit tests in multisite mode
* `npm run lint:php` – Run PHP CodeSniffer
* `npm run lint:php:fix` – Fix PHP coding standards issues automatically
### Running Tests
After starting the environment with `npm run env:start`, you can run the tests:
```
`bash
```
npm run test:php
`
For multisite tests:
```
`bash
```
npm run test:php:multisite
`
### Accessing the Site
* **Development site**: http://localhost:8888
* **Admin dashboard**: http://localhost:8888/wp-admin (admin/password)
* **Test site**: http://localhost:8889
* **Test admin**: http://localhost:8889/wp-admin (admin/password)
## Screenshots
* [[
* Add fields to the rest api.
## Installation
### Using The WordPress Dashboard
1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Search for ‘wp-rest-blocks’
3. Click ‘Install Now’
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
3. Select `wp-rest-blocks.zip` from your computer
4. Click ‘Install Now’
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
### Using FTP
1. Download `wp-rest-blocks.zip`
2. Extract the `wp-rest-blocks` directory to your computer
3. Upload the `wp-rest-blocks` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
## Reviews
### [Not supported for php 8.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-supported-for-php-8-1/)
[guycohen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guycohen/) May 13, 2024
Deprecated: Return type of pQuery::offsetExists($offset) should either be compatible
with ArrayAccess::offsetExists(mixed $offset): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /var/www/html/wp-
content/plugins/rest-api-blocks/vendor/tburry/pquery/pQuery.php on line 121And more
errors like that..
### [Amazing plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-1953/)
[certainlyakey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/certainlyakey/) August 11, 2021
1 reply
Should be in WP core.
[ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-blocks/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“REST API blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Jonny Harris ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/)
[Translate “REST API blocks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rest-api-blocks)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rest-api-blocks/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rest-api-blocks/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rest-api-blocks/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rest-api-blocks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
### 1.0.2
* Fix issue with WordPress 6.5
* Update coding standards to WP coding standards 3.1.0
* Mark tested up to WP 6.5
### 1.0.1
* Update coding standards to WP coding standards 3.0.1
* Mark tested up to WP 6.4
### 1.0.0
Breaking change!
The field in the REST API is changed from `blocks` to `block_data`.
### 0.5.0
* Add support for new post types added in WordPress 5.9.
### 0.4.0
* Added support for block based widget, added in WordPress 5.8. Block data is added
to the /wp/v2/widgets endpoint.
### 0.3.2
* Update translations
### 0.3.1
* Hot fix.
### 0.3.0
* Improve support for block that have attributes that use query source type.
* Improve error handling for those that install this plugin without using composer.
### 0.2.1
* Update dependency.
### 0.2.0
* Breaking change. Field names have changed and required WordPress 5.5+
### 0.1.0
* First version.
## Meta
* Version **2.0.0**
* Last updated **3 months ago**
* Active installations **200+**
* WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/)
* Tags
* [api](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/api/)[blocks](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocks/)
[gutenberg](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)[rest-api](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)
[wp-json](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-json/)
* [Advanced View](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-blocks/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ Jonny Harris ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-blocks/)
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