Whenever in the close future REST API lands in the core of WordPress, lots of innovative movements will be made in this regard, including the solution of a bunch of issues that have been around for quite a while and, given the technical limitations, we couldn't see anything but temporary fixes or methods of bypassing them that were not very reliable. While the WordPress REST API will bring many great things to WordPress as a CMS and as a platform as a whole, it is to be understood that it is no magic pill that will put WordPress on steroids and totally revamp the way we feel, build and present the Web overnight. While I believe the transition over to REST will be achieved fairly easy and quickly, it is no secret that it will still have issues and irregularities, moreover there will be times when you probably wouldn't want to make use of REST API, even if you technically could. It's a known psychological fact that once something is uncovered and revealed...
Learning WordPress REST API
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Learning WordPress REST API
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Overview of this book
The WordPress REST API is a recent innovation that has the potential to unlock several new opportunities for WordPress developers. It can help you integrate with technologies outside of WordPress, as well as offer great flexibility when developing themes and plugins for WordPress. As such, the REST API can make developers’ lives easier.
The book begins by covering the basics of the REST API and how it can be used along with WordPress. Learn how the REST API interacts with WordPress, allowing you to copy posts and modify post metadata. Move on to get an understanding of taxonomies and user roles are in WordPress and how to use them with the WordPress REST API. Next, find out how to edit and process forms with AJAX and how to create custom routes and functions. You will create a fully-functional single page web app using a WordPress site and the REST API. Lastly, you will see how to deal with the REST API in future versions and will use it to interact it with third-party services.
By the end of the book, you will be able to work with the WordPress REST API to build web applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning WordPress REST API
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with REST API
Interacting with REST API in WordPress
Working with Taxonomies and Users with REST API
Working with Forms Using REST API
Custom Routes in WordPress REST API
Creating a Simple Web App using WordPress REST API
Mastering REST API for Your Projects
WordPress REST API in Practice
Customer Reviews