Transcription [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how Dow Jones is supercharging WordPress editorial workflows. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can …
WordPress REST API Mistakes That are Making Your Site Insecure
The REST API came with big hopes for modernizing and improving WordPress performance. I’m a huge fan, but if you don’t understand how the API works, it can lead to mistakes that end in big security holes for your site, especially if you’re not a developer. In this post, I want to share some of […] View original post at …
What does the future hold for WordPress?
WordPress has been undergoing some pretty big changes lately. With the REST API promising to revolutionize WordPress development, and Gutenberg promising to do the same for the user interface, it’s not surprising if you find it all a lot to take in. But what impact will these changes really have, and what do they mean […] View original post at …
Morten Rand-Hendriksen on What Gutenberg Means For the Future of WordPress
As work continues on Gutenberg, members of the community are discussing its impacts on WordPress’ future. Morten Rand-Hendriksen considers Gutenberg to be a watershed moment, “This is a revolution,” he said. “This is a watershed moment for WordPress. This is entirely new and fundamentally different from how WordPress works and how we work with it today. I cannot overstate it …
In Case You Missed It – Issue 18
photo credit: Night Moves – (license) There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. The REST API Democratizes Reading Mika Epstein explains how the WordPress REST …
Real World Websites Using the WordPress REST API in Cool and Unexpected Ways
For most of us, the WordPress REST API feels like something experimental, something we might be developing our skills on or experimenting with. I know there are plenty of developers out there who are playing with the API, testing what it can do and using it to build personal projects and experimental sites. And that’s great: by doing this we …
JavaScript, WordPress and the REST API: Sorting Fact from Fiction
Are you thinking about using the REST API for your WordPress site? Maybe you’ve been reading all about it, are intrigued but are put off by some of the disadvantages of working with JavaScript that you may have heard about. When it comes to getting to grips with JavaScript and the REST API, it’s not unusual to be a bit …
WPWeekly Episode 240 – Interview With Matt Mullenweg 2016
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the open source software project known as WordPress. In this one hour and thirty minute interview, we cover a wide range of topics including: How the death of his father has altered the things he does and thinks about on a day-to-day basis. …
When to Use the WordPress REST API – and When Not To
The WordPress REST API will solve lots of problems and have more uses than we’ve even begun to explore just yet. But it’s no magic bullet and there will be times when you’re better off not using it at all. There still isn’t a huge number of developers or agencies using the REST API for live sites, partly because the …