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HTTP API Will Use Requests Library In WordPress 4.6

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July 27, 2016

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In WordPress 4.6, the HTTP API will use the open-source independent Requests library instead of the WordPress-specific HTTP library currently used. “By switching to Requests, a library without any WordPress-specific dependencies, WordPress benefits from input from the wider PHP ecosystem and community,” lead developer of the WordPress REST API Ryan McCue said in the announcement. Not only does the internal shift make WordPress more inclusive, but it will also benefit from library’s test coverage — which, according to McCue, is at 92 percent of the codebase and growing. The new library will not interfere with the way WordPress’ HTTP functions are […]

IncludeWP Is A New Home For WordPress Frameworks

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July 27, 2016

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After the plugins review team made a statement disallowing frameworks in the repository last March, Co-founder of Freemius Vova Feldman decided to find them a new home. With help from Luca Fracassi from Addendio, Feldman and his team created IncludeWP, a hub to display all open-source frameworks for WordPress. IncludeWP uses the WordPress.org APIs and SVN to automatically identify which .org frameworks plugins and themes are using, which empowers developers to see who exactly is using their product. Moreover, it also enables them to start a new product with a strong foundation. The work behind the project is all open-source and can […]

A Guide To WP_Query

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July 26, 2016

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When I started out as a WordPress developer,  I was working with object-oriented PHP before I even really knew what it was, thanks to WordPress post API class, WP_Query. In that article, I said that PHP has two data types that are considered “compound,” meaning we can store more than one piece of data in them. In PHP, objects and arrays are the only two data types that are actually considered compound. Objects are similar to arrays in that they provide structure for storing data, however, unlike arrays, objects are created with blueprints called classes, which can contain functions. In […]

Happy Third Birthday, Torque!

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July 26, 2016

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Torque this month proudly celebrates its third birthday! That’s three years of plugins, themes, tutorials, community, and WordPress. Torque has evolved since its launch but has remained steadfast in its mission to be an indispensable resource for the WordPress community. We put together some stats to highlight the magazine’s success since 2013 [Click to enlarge]. In honor of Torque’s birthday, we are sending one lucky winner to WordCamp US 2016. To enter, share your WordPress story. Submissions will be accepted through July 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST! We also put together a special video to celebrate: Thank you to all of our contributors, we […]

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