APIActive

REST API

REST API providing JSON endpoints for querying, modifying and creating WordPress site content.

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Field note

What it does

Enables applications to interact with WordPress via HTTP requests and JSON responses. Foundation of the Block Editor.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Content Access CRUD Operations JSON Data Exchange Authentication Custom Extensibility

Tags

Tags

WordPress JSON REST API

Ways to use it

Ways to use it

rest

any / https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/

Product features

Product features

A quick overview of the registration functions

An example collection and icon

Building an icon registration plugin

Bundling icons in plugin

Defining the icon data structure

Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API

How to register icons

Load the plugin files and bootstrap

Outputting icons

Plugin setup

Registering the icons with WordPress

The missing pieces: what you can’t yet do