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Expand Up @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ For a simple command-line script example, just swap out USERNAME, PASSWORD, and
curl --user "USERNAME:PASSWORD" https://HOSTNAME/wp-json/wp/v2/users?context=edit
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Note: The `USERNAME` is your user's username; NOT the `name` of the Application Password.

## Authentication Plugins

Plugins may be added to support alternative modes of authentication that will work from remote applications. Some example plugins are [OAuth 1.0a Server](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-oauth1/) and [JSON Web Tokens](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-api/).
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