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WP PlugIndex currently records Artificial Poets Reusable Components CDN version 0.1.0 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
WP Components lets one WordPress site act as a Host that publishes a Library of named pieces of content — a logo, a tagline, a social-links JSON blob, a privacy notice — and any number of other sites act as Receivers that subscribe to that Host and consume those components instantly.
Every component has a stable slug, a type ( json, text, or file ), a per-component cache TTL, and an auto-incrementing version number that becomes its HTTP ETag. Subscribers fetch the latest version on demand and revalidate cheaply with 304 Not Modified for unchanged content.
A single site can also act as both Host and Receiver — publish your own Library while subscribing to one or more remote Hosts.
Use cases
Keep brand assets (logo, favicon, tagline, contact info) in sync across a fleet of WordPress sites without copy-paste.
Centralise structured data (footer links, locations, pricing tables) so updating once propagates everywhere.
Serve component content from a dedicated CDN subdomain via a thin reverse-proxy layer.
Pull versioned content into a headless frontend (Next.js, Astro, Vercel) with stable cache semantics.
Key features
Three component types — JSON, plain text, and file (proxies URLs through the REST endpoint).
Two independent capabilities — publish your Library and/or subscribe to a remote Host. Toggle each side on or off in Settings.
HTTP cache headers — every /raw response sends ETag, Last-Modified, and Cache-Control: public, max-age=<TTL>, must-revalidate. Conditional requests get 304 Not Modified.
Per-IP rate limiting — 120 requests per 60 seconds on the host endpoints.
CORS control — open, allowlist, or denylist by domain (with *.example.com wildcard support).
Optional authentication — require Application Passwords on either side independently.
Source connection tester — verify a Host URL from the Settings page before saving.
Native admin UI — built on WordPress admin patterns, fully translatable.
REST endpoints (Host mode)
GET /wp-json/wp-components/v1/components — list all published components
GET /wp-json/wp-components/v1/components/{slug} — fetch one as JSON metadata
GET /wp-json/wp-components/v1/components/{slug}/raw — fetch with type-appropriate Content-Type (text/plain, application/json, or proxied file bytes)
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
rest api
cache
headless
json
sync
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 8.0
Update activity7 Aug 20262mo ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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