Exchange access_token for WordPress JWT

Overview

This endpoint accepts a GitHub access_token and returns a WordPress JWT. Use this as the final step of the GitHub OAuth flow to authenticate the user in WordPress.

Enable Exchange GitHub access_token for a WordPress JWT in Settings → Simple JWT Login → Integrations → OAuth → GitHub.

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Endpoint

Method: POST

Endpoint: /simple-jwt-login/v1/oauth/token

Parameter	Type	Description
provider	required string	Set to github
access_token	required string	The access_token from your GitHub OAuth flow

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Request Example

curl -X POST "https://your-site.com/wp-json/simple-jwt-login/v1/oauth/token" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"github","access_token":"YOUR_GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN"}'

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Response Examples

Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "jwt": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9..."
  }
}

Error

{
  "success": false,
  "data": {
    "message": "The code or jwt parameter is missing from request.",
    "errorCode": 71
  }
}