wpengine / wpengine/hwptoolkit
feat: Add Security Model (authentication & authorization) for webhook registration and delivery
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topic:webhooks
- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 47
- Forks
- 3
- Avg merge
- 1m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 19
Description
Description
Implement a security layer to authenticate incoming webhook registration requests (via WP-GraphQL) and optionally sign outgoing payloads. Support crypto signatures or token-based verification for securing delivery.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the WP-GraphQL webhook registration flow and the outgoing webhook delivery path. Define how incoming requests are authenticated and how outgoing payloads are optionally signed or token-verified; the work is done when both registration and delivery enforce the selected security model.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- graphql, php
- Domain
- api, authentication, authorization, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100