May 10, 2019 — At Mediavine we created a custom class to make interfacing with WPDB much simpler and easier to manage, paired with our middleware utilities our plugins behave more like an MVC than a traditional WordPress plugin. Add modern APIs and data storage to your next project

April 16, 2019 — The Customizer was introduced with WordPress 3.4, nonetheless it is a very underestimated feature.
In this talk we will discover what it is and which tools we have at our disposal and how to extend its functionalities with Customize API.
At the end of the speech you will have all the information needed to start integrating it in your themes and plugins.

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April 12, 2019 — A short story on how to ‘hack’ together a secure web application with the power of WordPress features (Plugins, API and User Roles) with a tight deadline at a 24 hour hackathon

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October 5, 2018 — Key takeaways:

The API liberates data outside of WordPress and projects like Gutenberg – breaking content into modular content blocks – will change the way WordPress considers data relationships.
The API is driving a new Enterprise Stack – with each element the industry leader in its field – including WordPress as the fast moving publishing solution.
Decoupling the front – using technologies like React – & decoupling the back – using technologies like Elasticsearch – begs the question: Why continue using WordPress? The answer is that clients, content teams, editors & authors all over the world have built a passion for WordPress for its ease of use and friendly interface. This strength should never be underestimated.

August 17, 2018 — The WordPress REST API is often perceived by designers as something developers talk about in chat groups filled with lines of code. This talk aims to help designers familiarize themselves with the API and grow our computational design skills with its help. We’ll cover what an API is, what it’s used for, and how we can innovate with it.

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August 17, 2018 — The WordPress REST API is often perceived by designers as something developers talk about in chat groups filled with lines of code. This talk aims to help designers familiarize themselves with the API and grow our computational design skills with its help. We’ll cover what an API is, what it’s used for, and how we can innovate with it.

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August 17, 2018 — The WordPress REST API is often perceived by designers as something developers talk about in chat groups filled with lines of code. This talk aims to help designers familiarize themselves with the API and grow our computational design skills with its help. We’ll cover what an API is, what it’s used for, and how we can innovate with it.

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July 12, 2018 — Use of a decoupled CMS is an exciting approach that allows teams to maintain the WordPress admin while embracing frontend experiences that are engaging and flexible. The incorporation of the WordPress REST API into core now makes this possible. But can this be achieved on an enterprise scale?

In 2016, Human Made engaged in a project dedicated to realizing these possibilities. The goal was to create a fully decoupled WordPress admin leveraging a React front end. The technical challenges included API challenges, caching, themeing in PHP & React, and more. This session focuses on the logistical considerations taken to meet the challenge of creating a holistic WordPress/React product.

July 9, 2018 — As the WordPress API matures, this is an important moment to take stock and consider the best use-cases. We’ll briefly take a bird-eye view of the API, before deep-diving into different ways the API has been deployed. We’ll see an examples of the API as an integration tool for running dual CMSs, as a public-facing queryable dataset, as a big data visualisation tool and as a way to share large sets of data. Along the way, I’ll share ways to make your API implementation more efficient – and share some of the pitfalls and mistakes we’ve made. We’ll take a look at decoupling both the frontend and backend of WordPress – and answer the obvious question – why continuing using WordPress?

July 9, 2018 — We will explore the existing major JavaScript API’s including wp.api – the bundled REST API client, wp.customize the improved JavaScript Customizer API, wp.codeEditor – the new code editor built into WordPress; wp.heartbeat – a powerful and easy client/server synchronization API; and wp.media – to leverage the media modal. We’ll also explore the future of WordPress JavaScript and look at the JavaScript APIs coming to WordPress including the APIs exposed by Gutenberg, and the WordPress npm packages including wp.hooks – JavaScript actions and filters matching the PHP versions.