diff --git a/framework/core/src/Api/Endpoint/Endpoint.php b/framework/core/src/Api/Endpoint/Endpoint.php
index 9250f02d61..2b33e615cc 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Api/Endpoint/Endpoint.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Api/Endpoint/Endpoint.php
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ public function handle(\Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Context $context): ?Response
             return json_api_response($this->showResource($context, $data));
         }
 
+        if (is_array($data)) {
+            return json_api_response($data);
+        }
+
         return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Extend/ApiResource.php b/framework/core/src/Extend/ApiResource.php
index 2c6634e112..71cce699cb 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Extend/ApiResource.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Extend/ApiResource.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 class ApiResource implements ExtenderInterface
 {
     private array $endpoints = [];
+    private array $endpointsBefore = [];
+    private array $endpointsAfter = [];
     private array $removeEndpoints = [];
     private array $endpoint = [];
     private array $fields = [];
@@ -55,6 +57,45 @@ public function endpoints(callable|string $endpoints): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add endpoints to the resource before a certain endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param string $before the name of the endpoint to add the new endpoints before.
+     * @param callable|class-string $endpoints must be a callable that returns an array of objects that implement \Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Endpoint.
+     */
+    public function endpointsBefore(string $before, callable|string $endpoints): self
+    {
+        $this->endpointsBefore[] = [$before, $endpoints];
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add endpoints to the resource after a certain endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param string $after the name of the endpoint to add the new endpoints after.
+     * @param callable|class-string $endpoints must be a callable that returns an array of objects that implement \Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Endpoint.
+     */
+    public function endpointsAfter(string $after, callable|string $endpoints): self
+    {
+        $this->endpointsAfter[] = [$after, $endpoints];
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add endpoints to the resource before all other endpoints.
+     *
+     * @param string $after the name of the endpoint to add the new endpoints after.
+     * @param callable|class-string $endpoints must be a callable that returns an array of objects that implement \Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Endpoint.
+     */
+    public function endpointsBeforeAll(callable|string $endpoints): self
+    {
+        $this->endpointsBefore[] = [0, $endpoints];
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove endpoints from the resource.
      *
@@ -214,6 +255,31 @@ function (array $endpoints, Resource $resource) use ($container): array {
                     $endpoints = array_merge($endpoints, $newEndpointsCallback());
                 }
 
+                foreach ($this->endpointsBefore as [$before, $newEndpointsCallback]) {
+                    $newEndpointsCallback = ContainerUtil::wrapCallback($newEndpointsCallback, $container);
+
+                    if ($before === 0) {
+                        array_unshift($endpoints, ...$newEndpointsCallback());
+                    } else {
+                        $newEndpoints = $newEndpointsCallback();
+                        $beforeIndex = array_search($before, array_column($endpoints, 'name'));
+
+                        if ($beforeIndex !== false) {
+                            array_splice($endpoints, $beforeIndex, 0, $newEndpoints);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                foreach ($this->endpointsAfter as [$after, $newEndpointsCallback]) {
+                    $newEndpointsCallback = ContainerUtil::wrapCallback($newEndpointsCallback, $container);
+                    $newEndpoints = $newEndpointsCallback();
+                    $afterIndex = array_search($after, array_column($endpoints, 'name'));
+
+                    if ($afterIndex !== false) {
+                        array_splice($endpoints, $afterIndex + 1, 0, $newEndpoints);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 foreach ($this->removeEndpoints as $removeEndpointClass) {
                     [$endpointsToRemove, $condition] = $removeEndpointClass;
 
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/integration/extenders/ApiResourceTest.php b/framework/core/tests/integration/extenders/ApiResourceTest.php
index 088bc51e58..8935d0abad 100644
--- a/framework/core/tests/integration/extenders/ApiResourceTest.php
+++ b/framework/core/tests/integration/extenders/ApiResourceTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Flarum\Api\Context;
+use Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Endpoint;
 use Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Index;
 use Flarum\Api\Endpoint\Show;
 use Flarum\Api\Resource\AbstractDatabaseResource;
@@ -91,6 +92,66 @@ public function after_endpoint_callback_works_if_added()
         $this->assertEquals('dataSerializationPrepCustomTitle', $payload['data']['attributes']['title'], $body);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function custom_endpoint_works_if_added()
+    {
+        $this->extend(
+            (new Extend\ApiResource(DiscussionResource::class))
+                ->endpoints(fn () => [
+                    Endpoint::make('custom')
+                        ->route('GET', '/{id}/custom')
+                        ->action(function (Context $context) {
+                            $discussion = $context->model;
+
+                            return [
+                                'data' => [
+                                    'message' => 'custom endpoint '.$discussion->id,
+                                ],
+                            ];
+                        }),
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions/1/custom', [
+                'authenticatedAs' => 1,
+            ])
+        );
+
+        $payload = json_decode($body = $response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('custom endpoint 1', $payload['data']['message'], $body);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function custom_endpoint_works_if_added_before_all()
+    {
+        $this->extend(
+            (new Extend\ApiResource(DiscussionResource::class))
+                ->endpointsBeforeAll(fn () => [
+                    Endpoint::make('custom')
+                        ->route('GET', '/custom')
+                        ->action(function (Context $context) {
+                            return [
+                                'data' => [
+                                    'message' => 'custom endpoint',
+                                ],
+                            ];
+                        }),
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions/custom', [
+                'authenticatedAs' => 1,
+            ])
+        );
+
+        $payload = json_decode($body = $response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('custom endpoint', $payload['data']['message'], $body);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function after_endpoint_callback_works_with_invokable_classes()
     {