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Understanding the WordPress
REST API's embed feature

The embed feature of the WordPress REST API makes combining data types together for a more descriptive response easy.

How to amend WordPress
REST endpoint queries

WordPress offers very powerful filters to change database queries in PHP. Did you know they offer the same thing for the REST API? Learn how in this article.

Add custom buttons to your
WordPress admin tables

Need a totally unique button on your WordPress post tables? We'll cover how to do it natively and with Index.

Add custom columns to
your WordPress admin tables

Looking to customize your WordPress admin tables with additional content? We'll cover how to do it natively in code and with a codeless version.

Modify WordPress REST
routes with register rest field

Learn how to extend WordPress's built in endpoints with the register_rest_field function.

Generating WordPress application passwords for your third party apps

In our Postman walkthrough, we went over how to generate application passwords for a single user and pass it with each REST request to...

Handling permissions in
your WordPress REST routes

In our previous walkthroughs on register_rest_route we added this line of code to our registration function: This was to prevent permissions issues for our sandbox code,...

How to secure your own
REST API routes in WordPress

In our last article we looked at creating your own routes in the WordPress REST API using register_rest_route, along with some basic examples of requiring...

How to create your own
REST API routes in WordPress

WordPress makes registering custom rest routes really easy with a function called register_rest_route. This function provides options to create a namespace (which you can also...

Using Postman with
the WordPress REST API

Postman is a powerful tool to send URL requests and view the response data back. While you can do public GET requests in any...

Handling nonces in WordPress

WordPress provides an easy to use nonce system to create and verify unique hashes for certain actions. Note that WordPress uses the word nonce...

Function breakdown: rest_ensure_response

When making your own routes with the WordPress REST API, you have to return a valid REST object. WordPress provides a couple of ways...

How to use WordPress hooks
with just Javascript

WordPress has provided hooks in PHP for years and they recently released a version for Javascript. Hooks allow different parts of your code to...

Latest posts

Understanding the WordPress REST API's embed feature

How to amend WordPress REST endpoint queries

Add custom buttons to your WordPress admin tables

Add custom columns to your WordPress admin tables

Modify WordPress REST routes with register rest field

Generating WordPress application passwords for your third party apps

Handling permissions in your WordPress REST routes

How to secure your own REST API routes in WordPress

How to create your own REST API routes in WordPress

Using Postman with the WordPress REST API