I previously wrote about the first version of the WordPress JSON API here, but turns out, it’s not accurate anymore! Here’s an update of the code in that post; using this, you’ll be able to utilize the version two infrastructure of the API that is now in core WordPress 4.4. To use the core endpoints,...
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WP-API: Endpoint Namespaces
WordPress is getting a JSON Rest API added to core. The first part of the API is actually already included. The endpoint infrastructure is in 4.4. As developers build extensions to the API, we need to take responsibility for our actions and how they can affect a site. WordPress is unique in that it is the ultimate generic...
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As you may or may not know, the WordPress JSON REST API is on the horizon for a future version of WordPress. This will be one of the most important and influential additions to WordPress core we may see, especially for those using WordPress as a framework to create web...
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In my last post, I gave you an overview of WP-API. Read through that post if you need a primer on the capabilities of WP-API. For this post, I will offer an example of API usage and how it can benefit site owners by creating more dynamic content. In this...
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** UPDATED POST FOR WP-API V2 HERE WordPress has had no formal REST API. There is the crude XMLRPC, but we won’t go into the gory details of the past. As part of Google Summer of Code (GSOC), Ryan McCue submitted a proposal for creating a formal JSON API to be...
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