The REST API will not be included in WordPress 4.5, according to an update posted by Adam Silverstein, Senior Web Engineer at 10UP. “The REST API team’s proposal is to merge the four main endpoints when they are ready, and they are not ready for 4.5,” the post said. “As such, no endpoints are targeted for WordPress 4.5.” This news comes after last week’s conversation during which Matt Mullenweg said he was uncomfortable merging the REST API until the endpoints were complete. He was referring to the fact that the four default endpoints aren’t ready, even though they are available in the plugin. […]
WP REST API Version 2.0 Beta 12 Released Despite Project’s Uncertain Future
With the readiness of the WP REST API still in question, developer Daniel Bachhuber yesterday announced the release of REST API Version 2.0 Beta 12, called Canyonero. You can download it from the plugin repository or GitHub. The most notable changes include removing meta endpoints from the primary plugin. “If your project depends on post meta endpoints, please install WP REST API Meta Endpoints,” Bachhuber wrote in the post. Other changes include returning original resource when deleting PTCU, moving to consistent use of context throughout controllers, and more. You can read the full list of changes here. The update comes on the heels of a contentious Slack […]
WP REST API Stalled
A two-hour WP REST API team meeting on Slack ended yesterday with the devs at a standstill and the API delayed. The group had gathered to discuss the existing post, term, user, and comment endpoints. The team is investigating handling these issues in a plugin instead of delaying the merge with the core. The biggest issues with these four items are password-protected posts, autosaves, and meta handling. At the end of September, Ryan McCue announced the merge proposal for the API, saying the infrastructure will be merged with 4.4, which it has been, and the endpoints will be taken care of for 4.5. However, some […]
Crowdsourcing Project Seeks Stats On The REST API In Production
Human Made co-founder Joe Hoyle is crowdsourcing stats on the REST API in an effort to bring more awareness and to better understand the different developers and sites leveraging it. “A somewhat unknown amount of developers and sites use the REST API, but are often not vocal about it,” Hoyle told Torque. “We often hear a lot about what plugins and products make use of the REST API, but not so much about what production sites are running it.” The crowdsourcing effort comes right before the REST API meeting happening later today. These stats will provide a better understanding of […]
The Future Of The REST API: An Interview With Daniel Bachhuber
A Day of REST, the developer conference on the WP REST API, is next week. It features speakers that contributed to the API directly and some who put it into practice. It is the ultimate place to hone your skills as a developer and learn a lot about the REST API and how to use it. Daniel Bachhuber contributed 128 hours to the project and knows a thing or two about how it began and what the future holds. The Beginning Of The REST API Bachhuber joined the project in Aug. 2014 at Contributor’s Day at WordCamp NYC, where he, Joe […]
Human Made Releases Free White Paper On REST API
Just a few weeks before A Day of REST, yesterday organizers of the conference Human Made released a white paper, Talking to 25 Percent of the Web, which takes an in-depth look at the REST API. The paper was written by Tom Wilmot, CEO of Human Made, and Joe Hoyle, CTO Human Made in collaboration with Ryan McCue, co-lead of the WP REST API development team, WP REST API developer Daniel Bachhuber, and writer Siobhan McKeown. It covers everything from what the API is, to how it will change WordPress, to potential future challenges by applying knowledge that Human Made has gained […]
‘An Untechnical Guide To The WP REST API,’ A Free White Paper For Non-Developers
The WordPress REST API is a hot topic in the WordPress space, particularly among developers. But for some of us less technical WordPress users, understanding exactly why this API is so revolutionary is a challenge. WP Engine and Torque have teamed up to create a free white paper on the WordPress REST API geared toward non-developers. Just because you don’t know how to code, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on what the REST API has to offer. Download The WordPress REST API, An Untechnical Guide for Non-Developers. The paper answers questions like, what is an API, what does REST stand for, and what does […]
WP Engine To Host Live Webinar On WP REST API On Nov. 18
WP Engine is hosting a live webinar on the WordPress REST API on Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. CT, featuring Torque contributor Josh Pollock. Josh Pollock, the owner and developer of CalderaWP, and Anthony Burchell, Operations Engineer at WP Engine, will be discussing everything WP REST API. The webinar will cover topics on why you should care, the timeline for REST API in WordPress Core, and discuss some “practical, useful and possibly wacky use cases.” You can register here! The webinar is geared towards intermediate to advanced developers as things will get a bit technical. To familiarize yourself with the WP REST […]
REST API Infrastructure Officially Merged With Core
Earlier this week, the REST API team announced that it will be merged with core in 4.4, which is slated for release in a few months. The API comes in two parts, infrastructure and endpoints. You can rejoice that the infrastructure is part of core and that the endpoints will be available in the plugin. So what exactly does this mean? For one, everyone can build RESTful APIs much easier, and therefore, makes building custom APIs for your site a breeze. Plugin and theme developers can begin building right now. Start replacing any code you already have including admin-ajax endpoints. The only […]
How Creating Apps With WordPress Changes Perspective And Standards In WordPress Development
In my last article for Torque on thinking like an app I intentionally did not address how mobilization of WordPress changes the way we approach development in terms of deciding what to build. In this post I will discuss my thoughts on the technical changes that occur when we are doing the actual development. Keep in mind that, for now, when we are talking about developing WordPress apps, we are actually talking about building a specific app for a specific purpose, not building a reusable app to be repurposed by others, similar to the way we write plugins and themes. Reusable […]
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