This free add-on for
CoCart allows you to authenticate the Cart API via JSON Web Tokens as an authentication method.
JSON Web Tokens are an open standard
RFC 7519 for securely transmitting information between parties.
Read the core concept for more information on what this plugin does and can do.
★★★★★
An excellent plugin, which makes building a headless WooCommerce experience a breeze. Easy to use, nearly zero setup time. Harald Schneider
📄 Documentation
See documentation on
get setup,
filters and
hooks for examples to configure JWT Authentication to your needs.
Once ready to use, see the
quick start guide.
★★★★★
Amazing Plugin. I’m using it to create a react-native app with WooCommerce as back-end. This plugin is a life-saver! Daniel Loureiro
👍 Add-ons to further enhance CoCart
We also have other add-ons that extend CoCart to enhance your headless store development.
- CoCart - CORS enables support for CORS to allow CoCart to work across multiple domains.
- CoCart - Rate Limiting enables the rate limiting feature.
- and more add-ons in development.
These add-ons of course come with support too.
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🐞 Bug reports
Bug reports for CoCart - JWT Authentication are welcomed in the
CoCart - JWT Authentication repository on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.
More information
💯 Credits
This plugin is developed and maintained by
Sébastien Dumont.
Founder of
CoCart Headless, LLC.
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress v5.6
- WooCommerce v7.0
- PHP v7.4
- CoCart v4.3
Recommended Requirements
- WordPress v6.0 or higher.
- WooCommerce v9.0 or higher.
- PHP v8.0 or higher.
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of CoCart JWT Authentication, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type "CoCart JWT Authentication" and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found the plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking "Install Now".
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains
instructions on how to do this here.
Upgrading
It is recommended that anytime you want to update "CoCart JWT Authentication" that you get familiar with what's changed in the release.
CoCart JWT Authentication uses Semver practices. The summary of Semver versioning is as follows:
- MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes.
- MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner.
- PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
You can read more about the details of Semver at
semver.org