WordPress Game Changer

The new WordPress REST API has been in the works for over two years. As it gets ready to become part of the WordPress core, we are already seeing new uses for WordPress. In this talk, Jenny will discuss how the WP-API works, how it is already being used in the wild, and what it means for the future of WordPress.

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1. the wordPress Game Changer Jenny wong @miss_jwo
2. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Jenny Wong @miss_jwo
3. Fast talker
4. @miss_jwo #PHPworld How many $variable ?
5. @miss_jwo #PHPworld What do you dislike about WordPress?
6. @miss_jwo #phpWorld glossary
7. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress Open Source Content Management System ( CMS )
8. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress capital_P_dangit ()
9. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress.org Where the open source project and community lives
10. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress.com Hosted WordPress service by Automattic
11. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP.org !== WP.com
12. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP Version != Semantic
13. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP Version = ma.jor.minor
14. @miss_jwo #phpWorld wordPress
15. @miss_jwo #PHPworld 12 years old
16. @miss_jwo #PHPworld PHP 4.3
17. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Blogging > CMS
18. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Users First
19. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Philosophy
20. @miss_jwo #phpWorld What is the Game Changer?
21. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress API
22. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WordPress API
23. WP API
24. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Not the first WordPress API
25. @miss_jwo #PHPworld XML-RPC Since 2008
26. @miss_jwo #PHPworld json-api plugin Since 2009
27. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Jetpack API Since 2012
28. First WordPress API that is RESTful
29. @miss_jwo #phpWorld Why is it such a big deal?
30. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Who has written something for 25% of the web?
31. –Aaron Jorbin “A public API for 24% of the web is not something we want to see in that rearview mirror”
32. @miss_jwo #phpWorld The life of a feature
33. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Plugin
34. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Feature Plugin
35. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Release Cycles
36. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Deadlines are not arbitrary
37. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Merge Proposal
38. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Acceptance into the cycle
39. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Committers Review
40. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Beta
41. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Release Candidate
42. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Release Candidate
43. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP REST API Version 1
44. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Aimed for WP3.9
45. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP REST API Version 2
46. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP4.3 Current Version
47. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP4.3 still not in
48. – Scott AKA wonderboymusic WP 4.4 Release Lead “We need a lot of people to use it, build stuff with it, talk about their experience, and give meaningful feedback about how good or bad of a developer experience it is.”
49. @miss_jwo #PHPworld 20th September 2015
50. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Current Status
51. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP 4.4 API Infrastructure
52. @miss_jwo #PHPworld WP 4.5/4.6 API Endpoints
53. @miss_jwo #phpWorld In the wiLD
54. REST API: Who’s Using This Thing? https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/07/23/rest-api-whos-using-this-thing
55. wired.com
56. UsTwo github.com/ustwo/ustwo.com-frontend/blob/master/README.md
57. The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/json
58. A Day of REST FeelingRestful.com
59. A Day of REST FeelingRestful.com
60. IKEA Sweden Restaurant
61. Mobile Apps
62. StoryCorps storycorps.me
63. Read more on PostStatus poststatus.com/how-storycorps-uses-wordpress-to-enable-storytelling- everywhere
64. Vantage
65. Picard https://github.com/Automattic/Picard
66. NPM https://npmjs.com
67. nomadbase nomadbase.io
68. Vantage
69. http://demo.wp-api.org/
70. @miss_jwo #phpWorld How do you use the API?
71. @miss_jwo #PHPworld v2.wp-api.org
72. @miss_jwo #PHPworld 1. Install the WP API plugin
73. @miss_jwo #PHPworld 2. Activate it
74. @miss_jwo #PHPworld 3. your_domain/wp-json/wp/v2
75. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Authentication
76. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Cookie authentication
77. @miss_jwo #PHPworld OAuth authentication
78. @miss_jwo #PHPworld OAuth 1.0a authentication
79. @miss_jwo #PHPworld OAuth 2 ?
80. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Oauth 2 ?
81. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Discovery
82. • Link Header • <link> Element • RSD (Really Simple Discovery) • Authentication Discovery • Extension Discovery* * coming soon
83. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Extending
84. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Modify responses
85. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Extend internal classes
86. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Add endpoints
87. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Add HAL links
88. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Tools
89. REST API Console github.com/WP-API/rest-api-console
90. http://demo.wp-api.org/
91. github.com/wp-api
92. @miss_jwo #phpWorld The Future of wordPress
93. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Loopless life
94. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Better integration between systems
95. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Easier data access
96. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Separated style/functionality development
97. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Core development method changes
98. @miss_jwo #phpWorld Will it end WordPress As we know it?
99. @miss_jwo #PHPworld No
100. @miss_jwo #PHPworld More info
101. v2.WP-API.org
102. make.wordpress.org/core/tag/rest-api
103. A Day of REST feelingrestful.com
104. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Jenny Wong @miss_jwo
105. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Cheers PhPWorld
106. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Cheers https://joind.in/14809
107. @miss_jwo #PHPworld Questions?