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REST API in Core Forms

GET, PATCH and DELETE submissions programmatically via the WordPress REST API.

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Every Core Form, every submission, and every form setting is reachable via the WordPress REST API. Build an external dashboard, sync to a data warehouse, or wire up a custom mobile app.

What you get

How REST API works in Core Forms

Forms + submissions endpoints

/wp-json/cf/v1/forms and /wp-json/cf/v1/submissions, fully filterable.

Application Passwords

Authenticate with WordPress core Application Passwords — no third-party plugin.

Full CRUD

Create / read / update / delete submissions from any HTTP client.

Set it up

Connect REST API in 3 minutes

  1. 1

    Generate an Application Password

    WordPress Users → Your Profile → Application Passwords.

  2. 2

    Hit the endpoint

    curl -u user:apppass https://yoursite/wp-json/cf/v1/submissions

  3. 3

    Build away

    External dashboards, scheduled exports, mobile apps — all the same API.

List submissions for a form

curl -u "user:applicationpassword" \
  "https://example.com/wp-json/cf/v1/submissions?form_id=42&per_page=50"

Bundled with every Core Forms license.

REST API — and every other integration on this site — is included with your license. Use code CFLAUNCH for 20% off either plan.