Improve REST authentication method when registering fields

classes/PodsRESTFields.php

@@ -102,6 +102,28 @@ public function set_pod( $pod ) {
 		$this->pod = $pod;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Validates if a current user or application is logged in.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function is_rest_authenticated(): bool {
+		$is_rest_authenticated = (bool) pods_static_cache_get( __FUNCTION__, __CLASS__ );
+
+		if ( $is_rest_authenticated ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$is_rest_authenticated = (
+			is_user_logged_in()
+			|| wp_validate_application_password( get_current_user_id() )
+		);
+
+		pods_static_cache_set( __FUNCTION__, (int) $is_rest_authenticated, __CLASS__ );
+
+		return $is_rest_authenticated;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add fields, based on options to REST read/write requests
 	 *
@@ -230,7 +252,7 @@ public static function field_allowed_to_extend( $field, $pod, $mode ) {
 
 		// Check if user must be logged in to access all fields and override whether they can use it.
 		if ( $all_fields_can_use_mode && $all_fields_access ) {
-			$all_fields_can_use_mode = is_user_logged_in();
+			$all_fields_can_use_mode = self::is_rest_authenticated();
 		}
 
 		// Maybe get the Field object from the Pod.
@@ -260,7 +282,7 @@ public static function field_allowed_to_extend( $field, $pod, $mode ) {
 
 		// Check if user must be logged in to access field and override whether they can use it.
 		if ( $can_use_mode && $access ) {
-			$can_use_mode = is_user_logged_in();
+			$can_use_mode = self::is_rest_authenticated();
 		}
 
 		return $can_use_mode;