How to Enable CORS Support in WordPress

If you are a WordPress developer, you may have encountered CORS errors when trying to access resources from a different domain than your website. CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a security feature that prevents web pages from making unauthorized requests to other websites. However, sometimes you may need to access resources from other domains, such as APIs or CDNs, for legitimate purposes. In this case, you need to enable CORS support on your website and allow access to the resources you need.

One way to get CORS support on your WordPress website is by using the Enable CORS plugin. This plugin allows you to specify which domains are allowed to access your website’s resources, and which types of requests are allowed. This helps to ensure that your website remains secure while allowing authorized access to resources from other domains.

In this blog post, I will show you how to install and use the CORS plugin on your WordPress website.

How to Install the Enable CORS Plugin

The first step is to install the CORS plugin on your WordPress website. You can do this by following these steps:

• Log in to your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins > Add New.
• Search for “Enable CORS” and click on Install Now.
• Activate the plugin and go to Settings > Enable CORS.

How to Use the Enable CORS Plugin

The next step is to configure the plugin settings according to your needs. You can do this by following these steps:

• Go to Settings > Enable CORS and check the box that says “Enable CORS”.
• In the “Allowed Origins” field, enter the domains that you want to allow access to your website’s resources. You can enter multiple domains separated by commas or use wildcards (*) to allow all subdomains. For example, if you want to allow access to example.com and its subdomains, you can enter example.com or *.example.com.
• In the “Allowed Methods” field, enter the types of requests that you want to allow from the allowed origins. You can enter multiple methods separated by commas, or use * to allow all methods. For example, if you want to allow GET and POST requests, you can enter GET, POST or *.
• In the “Allowed Headers” field, enter the headers that you want to allow from the allowed origins. You can enter multiple headers separated by commas, or use * to allow all headers. For example, if you want to allow Content-Type and Authorization headers, you can enter Content-Type, Authorization, or *.
• Click on Save Changes, Clear Cache, and test your website.

How to Test Your Website

The final step is to test your website and see if it works as expected. You can do this by following these steps:

• Open a new browser tab and go to a website that is in your allowed origins list.
• Open the developer tools of your browser and go to the network tab.
• Make a request to your website’s resources and check the response headers.
• You should see the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header with the value of your origin domain.
• You should also see the Access-Control-Allow-Methods header with the value of your allowed methods.
• You should also see the Access-Control-Allow-Headers header with the value of your allowed headers.
• You should also see the Access-Control-Expose-Headers header with the value of your exposed headers.

If everything works as expected, congratulations! You have successfully enabled CORS support on your WordPress website using the Enable CORS plugin.

I hope this blog post helps you understand how to enable CORS support on your WordPress website using the Enable CORS plugin. There are some other plugins from us. You can check this out!