Category: wp rest api

Matt Mullenweg Announces Tech and Design Leads for New Focus-Based Development Cycle

Posted on by Sarah Gooding
photo credit: Angelina Litvin WordPress core development is kicking off in 2017 with the new focus-based development process that Matt Mullenweg announced during the 2016 State of the Word. The new approach to releases shifts WordPress from the familiar time-based release cycle to one that is mor...

WordPress 4.7 Introduces Twenty Seventeen Default Theme and WP REST API Content Endpoints

Posted on by Sarah Gooding
photo credit: Wikimedia Commons WordPress 4.7 “Vaughan” was released today, named in honor of American jazz vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan. This release makes significant improvements to the new theme setup experience, inspiring the tagline: “Your site, your way.” Twenty Seventeen is ...

WordPress.org Has Fewer Than 20 Plugins Using the WP REST API in Core

Posted on by Sarah Gooding
photo credit: when i was a bird – cc During yesterday’s pivotal WP REST API meeting, WordPress contributors discussed adoption of the API. A cursory search of the WordPress.org plugin directory shows that fewer than two dozen plugins are currently using the API scaffolding included in WordPress 4...

Anadama: An Example WordPress Recipe Theme Based on React

Posted on by Sarah Gooding
Since Matt Mullenweg gave the WordPress community a homework assignment to “Learn JavaScript, deeply,” links to tutorials and training courses have been flying around. Once you have grasped some of the basics, one of the best ways to learn is to start building a small project. If you’re looking t...