November 18, 2023 — Learn how to leverage WordPress’s existing endpoints and create custom ones using PHP without needing plugins. Find out how to use endpoints to power front-end React apps, web apps or even entirely separate websites.

The WordPress REST API was introduced in 2016. It has been part of the WordPress ecosystem for about seven years and is well-documented.

With the introduction of React and Gutenberg blocks, the REST API can take on a new life to help developers create complex apps with relative ease. Where once it was primarily used for basic integrations, developers are now harnessing its full capabilities for ambitious projects. The WordPress REST API can power modern web applications and custom blocks, showing that it remains highly relevant for building on the web today.

October 13, 2023 — The idea of decoupling your website front-end and WordPress backend brings a lot of opportunities and some disadvantages.

Who can benefit from this concept? This talk offers an introduction to the idea and explains how headless WordPress works.

May 15, 2023 — In 2016 gaf Jeroen van Dijk op WordCamp Nederland een presentatie over de WordPress REST API. Toendertijd nog een plugin, en geen core-functionaliteit, is er inmiddels een hoop veranderd. In mijn talk kijk ik naar hoe het gebruik en de mogelijkheden van de REST API zich ontwikkeld hebben en wat er in de toekomst aan zit te komen

October 11, 2022 — This session explains how to integrate external data into WordPress websites and how share data with external systems using REST APIs and webhooks.

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September 23, 2022 — Learn more about the purpose and potential of the WordPress REST API. Review some common API requests and live examples.

November 11, 2021 — Learn more about the many possible uses of web components for WordPress pages, blocks and plugins.

July 7, 2021 — La WordPress REST API è un’interfaccia che consente alle applicazioni di interagire con il tuo sito WordPress. Invia e riceve dati in JSON ed è anche la base per il WordPress Block Editor. Permette inoltre al tuo theme, ai tuoi plugin o alla tua applicazione custom di usare nuove interfacce per amministrare il sito e usare il tuo content. Scopriamone insieme l’importanza per gli sviluppatori ma anche per utenti a digiuno di codice.

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April 21, 2021 — This talk is a comparison of the REST API and GraphQL, and will help developers and stakeholders understand each tool in order to make an informed decision on which one to use.

January 15, 2021 — This talk explains how to use the WordPress Rest API to syndicate content to a potentially unlimited number of locations using technologies native to WordPress. It covers the basics of JSON, code examples, and suggests optimizations for using the Rest API at scale.

November 27, 2020 — Hay términos que solo escucharlos nos parecen tremendamente complejos y a veces ni siquiera tenemos muy claro ni para qué sirven.

En esta sesión vamos a echar un vistazo a la Rest API de WordPress. ¿Qué es? ¿Para qué sirve? y sobre todo… ¿Qué nos permite hacer?

Nada mejor para entenderlo que nos muestren ejemplos concretos de cosas que podemos hacer con ella.