the

wordPress Game Changer

Jenny wong @miss_jwo

Fast talker

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How

many have

used WordPress before?

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wordPress glossary

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WordPress

Open Source Content M

anagement System

( CMS )

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WordPress.org

Wh

ere the o

pen

sou

rce pro

ject and

com

mu

nity lives

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WordPress.com

Ho

sted W

ord

Press service b

y Au

tom

attic

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WP.org !=

= W

P.com

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wordPress

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12 years old

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Blogging > CMS

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Users First

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What is the Game Changer?

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WordPress A

PI

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WordPress A

PI

WP

AP

I

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Not the first W

ordPress API

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XML-RPC

Since 20

08

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json-api pluginSin

ce 200

9

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Jetpack API

Since 20

12

First WordPress A

PI that is truly RESTful

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Plugin

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Feature Plugin

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Version 1

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Aim

ed for WP4.0

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WP4.3 - still not in

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Who has

written som

ething for 24.8%

of the web?

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Core Team

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Version 2

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Current Status

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What w

ill it take for W

P REST API

to go into Core?

– Sco

tt AK

A w

on

derb

oym

usic

WP

4.4

Release Lead

“We n

eed a lo

t of p

eop

le to

use it, b

uild

stuff

with

it, talk ab

ou

t their exp

erience, an

d

give m

eanin

gfu

l feedb

ack ab

ou

t ho

w g

oo

d o

r bad

of a

develo

per exp

erience it is.”

–A

aron

Jorb

in

“A p

ub

lic AP

I for 24

% o

f the

web

is no

t som

ethin

g w

e wan

t to

see in th

at rearview m

irror”

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How do you use the API?

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wp-api.org

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1. Install the WP A

PI plugin

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2. Activate it

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3. your_dom

ain/wp/v2

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Authentication

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Cookie authentication

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OA

uth authentication

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OA

uth 1.0a authentication

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OA

uth 2 ?

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Oauth 2 ?

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Discovery

•Link H

eader •

<link> Element

•RSD

(Really Simple D

iscovery) •

Authentication D

iscovery •

Extension Discovery*

* coming soon

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Extending

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Modify responses

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Extend internal classes

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Add endpoints

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Add H

AL links

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Tools

REST API Console

github.com/W

P-API/rest-api-console

github.com/w

p-api

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More info

WP-A

PI.org

make.w

ordpress.org/core/tag/rest-api

A D

ay of RESTfeelingrestful.com

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In the wiLD

REST API: W

ho’s Using This Thing?

https://make.w

ordpress.org/core/2015/07/23/rest-api-whos-using-this-thing

wired.com

UsTw

o

IKEA Sw

eden Restaurant

Mobile A

pps

Picardhttps://github.com

/Autom

attic/Picard

Vantage

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The Future of wordPress

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Loopless life

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Easier data access

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Separated style/functionality developm

ent

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Core development

method changes

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Will it end WordPress As we know it?

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No

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CheersFOwa

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Questions?