A few hours ago, Ryan McCue, one of the lead developers of the WordPress REST API project who recently received guest commit access for WordPress 4.4, committed a patch that adds the REST API infrastructure to WordPress core. In his commit message, McCue referred to the infrastructure as a baby API: REST API: Introduce baby…
After more than three years of development, the WordPress REST API is one major step closer to getting merged into core. Ryan McCue, a lead contributor to the project, published the first official proposal to merge the API into WordPress. The proposal explains what the REST API is, why it’s needed, an integration plan, and…
WP REST API version 1.2.3 and 2.0 Beta 4 address a security issue that affects sites running 1.2 or 2.0 beta. This release fixes a potential XSS vulnerability related to JSONP support in 1.2 and 2.0 of the API. Automatic updates are in progress for 1.2.3 but if your site hasn’t automatically updated, the team…
The WordPress REST API is currently slated for inclusion in WordPress 4.1 and the API team is busy working towards that goal. Project contributors Ryan McCue and Rachel Baker have been on the road giving presentations to introduce developers to the API. They presented at WordCamp Milwaukee and WordCamp NYC, demonstrating how developers can use…