Over the weekend, Ryan McCue and collaborators released version 1.1 of the plugin. The WP API team is aiming to have it , which will drop later this year.
This release focused heavily on testing, fixing bugs discovered through tests, and improving the API documentation. New routes have been added for taxonomies and terms. Excerpts and password-protected post handling have also been improved. Revision endpoint tests are new in 1.1. Coverage for post endpoint testing is now at more than 54% for the whole class and more than 80% for the main methods. McCue says this figure will continue to rise over the next few releases. You can for this release on GitHub.
The WP API team often receives questions regarding how to handle authentication. Version 1.1 includes full , including cookie authentication (for plugins/themes running on a site) and OAuth (for desktop/web/mobile clients accessing a site externally). A basic authentication method is also included in the docs and is useful for development purposes only.
I’ve been working with the WP API team to help get documentation organized and presented in a way that’s easy to read and navigate. We’re in the process of merging all the docs into one centralized hub at , which pulls from the various docs in the GitHub repos. We’re working to make this a top-notch resource for any developer who wants to build with the new API.
Work for is already underway. “With version 1.2 and onwards, we’ll be tackling a bunch of , with the aim of eventually reaching >90% coverage,” McCue noted in the . If you’d like to join in collaboration on , the team is always looking for help.
Are any of our readers already building something with the new JSON REST API? Let us know in the comments. Is there anything specific that you’d like to see added to the documentation?