WordPress REST API + JS

Example of using WordPress 4.7+ REST API with (universal) Javascript

How to install locally

• Clone this repo
• Run npm install to get dependencies
• Then npm start and open a browser to localhost:8080

Available tasks

npm start

copy required files and starts a static webserver on the ./public folder.

npm run dev

as above plus starts Webpack in watch mode for Javascript files in the ./src folder.

npm run deploy

one-shot compile of Webpack, copy CSS files in the ./public folder and then commits and push it on the gh-pages branch.

Why this example?

WordPress team has recently released version 4.7 of their application, which officially introduce the REST APIs as a core functionality, moving the whole WordPress development experience torwards the Project Calypso as happens now on wordpress.com websites.

This repo aims to give a real example on how to use WordPress REST API in Javascript especially for old-school theme developers.

Universal Javascript?

Just a (new) naming convention, read more on this post.

Which JS framework are you using?

None. Since this is a quick example I have wrote a couple of quick'n'dirty utilities to keep the main file code clean.

The focus in this example is on how to interact with data on a WordPress site in a RESTful way rather than showcase how to do it in framework X or Y.

Demo

https://moebiusmania.github.io/wpapi-js/

License

Released under the MIT license.