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Headless Login for WPGraphQL #3 in Integrations & APIs

A WordPress plugin that provides Headless login and authentication for WPGraphQL, supporting traditional passwords, OAuth2/OpenID Connect, JWT, and more.

by AxePress · github.com/axewp/wp-graphql-headless-login · website

109stars
6krelease downloads
≈190active sites
14kcomposer installs
18forks

Install

The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:

wp plugin install https://github.com/axewp/wp-graphql-headless-login/releases/download/0.4.4/wp-graphql-headless-login.zip

Also on Packagist as axepress/wp-graphql-headless-login:

composer require axepress/wp-graphql-headless-login

Declares an update source (https://github.com/AxeWP/wp-graphql-headless-login), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.

From the readme

Headless Login for WPGraphQL A WordPress plugin that provides headless login and authentication for WPGraphQL, supporting traditional passwords, OAuth2/OpenID Connect, JWT, and more. - Join the WPGraphQL community on Discord. - Documentation Description Headless Login for WPGraphQL is a flexible and extensible plugin that allows headless WordPress sites to login and authenticate users via WPGraphQL using a variety of authentication methods, including traditional WordPress credentials (username/password), OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), and more. This plugin is inspired by and aims to replace WPGraphQL JWT Authentication as more powerful, comprehensive, and flexible authentication solution for Headless WP. System Requirements - PHP 7.4+ - WordPress 6.2+ - WPGraphQL 1.14.0+ Quick Install 1. Install & activate WPGraphQL. 2. Download the latest release .zip file, upload it to your WordPress install, and activate the plugin. 3. Enable and configure the authentication providers you want to use in GraphQL Settings Headless Login. With WP-CLI With Composer Updating and Versioning Until we hit v1.0, we're using a modified version of SemVer, where: -

Read the full README on GitHub →

Releases

TagPublishedAssetDownloads
0.4.4Sep 19, 2025wp-graphql-headless-login.zip3,432
0.4.4Sep 19, 2025schema.graphql234
0.4.3Jun 7, 2025wp-graphql-headless-login.zip717
0.4.3Jun 7, 2025schema.graphql41
0.4.2Mar 29, 2025wp-graphql-headless-login.zip629
0.4.2Mar 29, 2025schema.graphql35
0.4.1Feb 14, 2025wp-graphql-headless-login.zip175
0.4.1Feb 14, 2025schema.graphql23
0.4.0Dec 28, 2024wp-graphql-headless-login.zip190
0.4.0Dec 28, 2024schema.graphql14
0.3.1Sep 7, 2024wp-graphql-headless-login.zip125
0.3.1Sep 7, 2024schema.graphql119
0.3.0Apr 6, 2024wp-graphql-headless-login.zip161
0.3.0Apr 6, 2024schema.graphql41
0.2.0Feb 4, 2024wp-graphql-headless-login.zip126
0.2.0Feb 4, 2024schema.graphql31
0.1.4Oct 15, 2023wp-graphql-headless-login.zip194
0.1.4Oct 15, 2023schema.graphql50
0.1.3Aug 20, 2023schema.graphql27
0.1.3Aug 20, 2023wp-graphql-headless-login.zip33
0.1.2Jun 5, 2023wp-graphql-headless-login.zip48
0.1.2Jun 5, 2023schema.graphql28
0.1.1May 26, 2023wp-graphql-headless-login.zip23
0.1.1May 26, 2023schema.graphql15
0.1.0Apr 27, 2023wp-graphql-headless-login.zip44

Active-site estimate ≈190 comes from the median of recent superseded releases. Method.