Wordpress API Resources and Tools

Resources

• Rest Developer Handbook
• WP Rest API Docs
• WP JavaScript Client - wp-api
  • This gets briefly mentioned in the documentation.
  • Hard to find good documentation or examples about it.
• React Admin Panel

Other Resources

• Node WPAPI - Wordpress Node Client. - See how they are doing things.
• ADAM SILVERSTEIN from 10UP - Listened to his talks about backbonejs. Learned about wp-api that way.
  • YouTube Put A Little Backbone in your Wordpress

Info that helped

1. Built complete front-end client in Vuejs.
   • Access the REST API without trying to conform to Wordpress idiosyncrasies.
2. Learn to use Promises.
3. Use TypeScript because JavaScript is all over the place.
4. Don’t worry about backwards compatibility.
5. Learn how to create an admin page in Wordpress using JavaScript
   • Create JavaScript Settings Page Using Wordpress REST API
   • Most documentation pointing to admin-ajax.php client.

Wordpress Vuejs

Notes

• Wordpress and Vue Guides/Resources
• Vue Wordpress PWA

Using the Wordpress API with angular

• Want to use Foundation for creating my theme
• Use Amazon CDN for serving pages. Reduce latency in South Africa
• Not to keen on splitting up my theme for Wordpress.

Resources

• de Wordpress themes and angular articles
• Wordpress API Angular Client

Tools

• Postman - Use to explore the Wordpress API
• WP REST API Docs

Notes

• Local site: http://paseo.demo/wp-json/wp/v2/posts - Access the REST API

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Last update: April 13, 2020 16:50:19