Hi

I'm using WordPress 6.4.3 and need to disable API logins because I'm getting many failed login attempts even though I've limited access to /wp-admin/ to specific IP addresses in htaccess.

I haven't created Application Passwords.

I have the Disable WP REST API plugin enabled.

When I go to my-website/wp-json/wp/v2/users using Google chrome, I get the message:

"{"code":"rest_login_required","message":"REST API restricted to authenticated users.","data":{"status":401}}"

I have the Limit Login Attemps plugin installed.

I tried sending a request from Step 3:

https://ai-tool-hunter.com/wordpress-rest-api-python-tutorial-for-beginners-what-actually-works-and-what-wastes-your/

(with random login/password data)

I get a 401 status, but the Limit Login Attempts check doesn't increment the failed login attempt counter.

Do you have a Python script I can use to check if the API login is not working?

I'm trying this code

import wordpress

site_url = "MY_URL"

username = "user1"

password = "your_application_password"

wp = wordpress.Connect(site_url, username, password)

print(wp)

I get this answer

> & "C:\Program Files\Python314\python.exe" c:/MyStuff/Python/wordpress/r2.py

2026-08-06 17:52:55,123 - ERROR - Authentication failed: {"code":"rest_login_required","message":"REST API restricted to authenticated users.","data":{"status":401}}

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "c:\MyStuff\Python\wordpress\r2.py", line 6, in <module>

wp = wordpress.Connect(site_url, username, password)

File "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python314\site-packages\wordpress\wordpress.py", line 140, in __init__

raise Exception("Authentication failed")

Exception: Authentication failed

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