New in WordPress 6.8: Public Menus via REST API (Perfect for Headless + No-Code Builders)

🧠 What’s New?

WordPress 6.8 now lets you make your menus accessible through the REST API without needing users to log in. In plain terms: your navigation menus can now be shared with other platforms, apps, or tools—securely and selectively.


💡 Why This Matters for Headless WordPress

If you’re using WordPress as a headless CMS—where the content lives in WordPress but the actual website is built elsewhere—this is a major upgrade.

Previously, accessing menus from WordPress required user login and technical workarounds. Now, with a simple update, you can make menus public and usable by any front-end.


🎯 What You Can Do With It

  • Build fully custom websites and apps that pull in navigation menus from WordPress
  • Let editors manage menus in the WordPress dashboard and have those changes reflected instantly on the front end
  • Use WordPress purely as a content source, freeing yourself from the limitations of traditional themes

⚡ Perfect for AI and No-Code Tools

If you’re using platforms like Loveable, Bolt, or Replit, this change is especially helpful.

You can now connect to WordPress menus directly, without needing a backend developer to handle authentication or API workarounds. That means:

  • Faster builds
  • Simpler integrations
  • Live, editable menus inside your custom front end

🛡️ You Stay in Control

Menus aren’t public by default—you choose what gets shared. So you can open up just the menus you want, and keep everything else private.


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