Posts about REST API
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Using data stores to get custom user capabilities in WordPress
Finding out custom user capabilities via the REST API, to determine whether or not to add a custom sidebar in the Gutenberg block editor.
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Using React and WordPress to build a performant single-page application
More and more website development takes place using Javascript these days, whether within the WordPress CMS or as part of a streamlined frontend experience. I abandoned jQuery at the end of 2019 and began learning React in earnest.
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Technical case study: simple, invisible language switching
Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
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Technical case study: working around an intensive site cache
How I swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress’ REST API.
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WordPress is bigger than you think
In 2016, 27% of all of the websites on the internet were powered by WordPress. That’s 8 times more than Joomla, 12 times more than Drupal, and 70 times more than TYPO3.
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Examples of WordPress as a headless CMS
WordPress is much more than a simple tool for building websites. Here are a few prominent sites which use WordPress and its new REST API for much more than a simple blog.
