Get started with the WordPress Heartbeat API

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted onAugust 7, 2013January 31, 2015 Updated onJanuary 31, 2015

Jason Coleman describes just why the new WordPress Heartbeat API is beneficial, and gives a sample implementation to help get you started.

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Version 1 of the WordPress code reference is online

ByTravis Northcutt April 28, 2014January 14, 2015

In case you missed it last Friday, Siobhan McKeown announced that version one of the new WordPress code reference is now live. The code reference provides for easy exploration of core functions, classes, methods, and hooks, as well as the various core APIs. It also provides a reference list of new items added in each…

A short history of WordPress APIs — and their future

ByDan Knauss July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Here’s an older post about the history of WordPress APIs from Automattic’s mobile apps development team that you may not have seen before. (New to me.) It explains the technical background of the current entanglements of .org, .com, and Jetpack: Why don’t we support a single API in our apps? Wouldn’t that make our lives…

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Local development tips for WordPress

ByBrian Krogsgard June 17, 2013January 31, 2015

Jon Brown has a very nice post up on his blog with some tips for better local development with WordPress. There are a lot of ways to go about this, but I like the way Jon organizes things. h/t Ben May.

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WordPress functions you may not have heard of

ByElliott Stocks August 15, 2013January 31, 2015

Here are some commonly unknown WordPress functions I’ve come across when developing with WordPress. A few little gems that I wish I discovered long before I needed them.

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

ByBrian Krogsgard February 9, 2016February 9, 2016

The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

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Takeaways from interviewing 13 great WordPress developers

ByFred Meyer August 10, 2015

After interviewing thirteen WordPress developers for a book on getting up and running with WordPress development, I have some key takeaways that I’d like to share with you.

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