Wordpress Rest Api Complete Beginners Guide

Use JavaScript and the WordPress REST API in Themes, Plugins & Decoupled Sites

What you'll learn
How HTTP and the WP REST API Works Under the Hood
The Core Endpoints and Schema for the WordPress REST API
How To Make HTTP Get Requests to the WordPress REST API
Backbone and Node Client Side WordPress REST API Libraries
Build an Entire Decoupled Site Using JavaScript and the WordPress REST API
Use WP REST API in Themes and Plugins
Requirements
Basic HTML - Know how to build a simple HTML page and work with HTML forms.
Basic CSS - Know how to responsively style HTML pages with CSS.
Basic JS - Know basic syntax, DOM and events.
Basics WordPress Development (Check Out My Other Course)
Description
In this course you get an in-depth introduction to working with the WordPress REST API.
We start with going over how HTTP and REST APIs work and practice making demo requests.  Then, we explore various ways to make requests with JavaScript to the WordPress REST API, both from inside WordPress and outside of WordPress.
The course then goes in depth over all of the routes, schema and endpoints in the WordPress REST API along with demos and practice getting different types of data from the WordPress REST API, including posts, pages, media and more.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 An Introduction to the WordPress REST API [9:16]

Lecture 2 Course Example Files on Github

Section 2: HTTP & HTTP Requests

Lecture 3 A Deeper Look at HTTP

Lecture 4 Different Ways to Make HTTP Requests

Lecture 5 DEMO - HTTP Requests w Browser & Postman

Section 3: HTTP Requests Inside of WordPress

Lecture 6 HTTP Requests Inside of WordPress

Lecture 7 DEMO - HTTP Requests with Backbone Client

Lecture 8 DEMO - HTTP Requests with WP HTTP API

Lecture 9 DEMO - WP CLI REST Commands

Section 4: HTTP Requests Outside of WordPress

Lecture 10 HTTP Requests Outside of WordPress

Lecture 11 DEMO - HTTP Requests with XMLHttpRequest and JavaScript

Lecture 12 DEMO - HTTP Requests with fetch and JavaScript

Lecture 13 DEMO - HTTP Requests with jQuery AJAX

Lecture 14 DEMO - HTTP Requests with the JavaScript WP API Client

Lecture 15 DEMO - HTTP Requests with the PHP Requests Library

Lecture 16 DEMO - HTTP Requests with HTTPie from the Command Line

Lecture 17 HTTP Requests Outside of WordPress - Review

Section 5: The WordPress REST API - Routes, Schema & Endpoints

Lecture 18 Discoverability and the WP API Index

Lecture 19 Routes Endpoints and Schema

Lecture 20 Exploring Core WP REST API Endpoints

Section 6: Core WordPress REST API Endpoints [DEMOS]

Lecture 21 DEMO - Post Endpoints

Lecture 22 DEMO - Category Endpoints

Lecture 23 DEMO - Tag Endpoints

Lecture 24 DEMO Taxonomy Endpoints

Lecture 25 DEMO - Comment Endpoints

Lecture 26 DEMO - Page Endpoints

Lecture 27 DEMO - Post Type Endpoints

Lecture 28 DEMO - Media Endpoints

Lecture 29 DEMO - Post Status Endpoints

Lecture 30 DEMO - User Endpoints

Lecture 31 DEMO - Practice with JavaScript

Section 7: Customizing WordPress REST API Requests

Lecture 32 Passing Arguments to WP Endpoints with HTTP Requests

Lecture 33 WP API _links and _embed

Lecture 34 DEMO- Making Custom WP REST API Requests

Lecture 35 DEMO - Post Arguments

Lecture 36 DEMO - Page Arguments

Lecture 37 DEMO - Practice Custom Requests

Section 8: PROJECT - Building A Decoupled WordPress REST API Powered JavaScript Site

Lecture 38 PROJECT- A Decoupled WP Powered JavaScript Site

Lecture 39 PROJECT - Setting Up the Project

Lecture 40 PROJECT - Site Title and Description

Lecture 41 PROJECT - Adding the Menu

Lecture 42 PROJECT - Starting the Router

Lecture 43 PROJECT - The Page Component

Lecture 44 PROJECT- Listing Posts

Lecture 45 PROJECT- Single Posts

Lecture 46 PROJECT- Post Comments

Lecture 47 PROJECT- Categories Widget

Lecture 48 PROJECT - Category Archives

Lecture 49 PROJECT - Tags Widget

Lecture 50 PROJECT - Tag Archive

Lecture 51 PROJECT - Media Gallery

Lecture 52 PROJECT - User Pages

Lecture 53 PROJECT - User Posts

Lecture 54 PROJECT - Wrap Up and Next Steps

Section 9: Sneak Peak from WP API Next Course!

Lecture 55 An Introduction to Authentication with the WP REST API

Anyone who wants to learn API Driven WordPress Development,Anyone who wants to do Decoupled WordPress Development,Anyone looking to do JavaScript driven WordPress Development,WordPress Theme and Plugin Developers