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WP Rest API - How to get featured image
You can get it without plugins by adding _embedas param to your query
/?rest_route=/wp/v2/posts&_embed
/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?_embed
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Wordpress Rest API custom endpoint optional param
You should put the named parameters of the route regex into an optional capturing group:
register_rest_route( 'api', '/animals(?:/(?P<id>\d+))?', [
'methods' => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
...
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Convert output of nav_menu items into a tree-like multidimensional array
The problem of building a tree from a flat array has been solved here with this, slightly modified, recursive solution:
/**
* Modification of "Build a tree from a flat array in PHP"
*
* ...
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I Want to Get A Plugin Version Number Dynamically
An alternative to get_plugin_data() is get_file_data() which is available without the overhead of loading additional files.
Simply add this to your main plugin file:
$plugin_data = get_file_data(...
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Show only images and videos in a wp.media window
It's been a while since this question was asked, but on the off chance that you are still looking for a solution:
items_frame = wp.media.frames.items = wp.media({
title: 'Add to Gallery',
...
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WP Rest API - How to get featured image
I would NOT use the better rest API plugin. It did add featured images to the rest api but it also broke it.
This is the simplest solution I was able to find that actually worked. Add the following ...
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Adding additional data to WP_Post object
If your extra data directly references a post meta you don't have to do anything, because WP_Post implements the »magic« methods __isset() and __get() which directly asks for post meta keys (except ...
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Set up WP Authentication from External API
Update: Made a blog post to explain this better :)
I was able to do this by WP's authenticate filter inside a new plugin; most of which is guided by this tutorial by Ben Lobaugh. Major points on the ...
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Disable requests to api.wordpress.org
You can Disable HTTP Calls by adding this in your wp-config.php
define( 'WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL', TRUE );
This will disable/block all external HTTP requests and will make website alot faster.
And ...
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WP-API v2 Custom Endpoint Response Formatting
You can call the REST API methods to prepare your output in the same way that the plugin does by default, this will also allow any plugins to tie into the output as you have used the ACF plugin as ...
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WP REST API only returning partial list of users
To anyone who might still be hitting this problem, here's a checklist:
Make sure you are authenticated AND your user has the list_users capability.
Example: When adding a custom role, I make sure ...
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Does the WordPress API have Modal Dialogs
Yes, WordPress has modal dialog and it is called as Thickbox, but I am not sure how flexible it is to implement what you want to. Here is the code -
<?php add_thickbox(); ?>
<div id="my-...
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get_userdata by username
get_userdata() function is an alias of get_user_by('ID') function. Use this code:
$username = 'your user name';
$user = get_user_by('login', $username);
It will return WP_User object on success, or ...
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Fetch All Posts (Including Those Using a Custom Post Type) With Wordpress API
I ended up extending the API like suggested in the comments to my question, although I was hoping there was a default route that fetched all posts of all post types. Apparently, there isn't.
So here'...
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WP Rest API - How to get featured image
You can get the name of the image with this path:
array_name._embedded['wp:featuredmedia']['0'].source_url
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Get more than 10 posts in a specific category with the wordpress api
See if your url is correct. Example: website.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?categories=3&per_page=50
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How can you check if you are in a particular page in the WP Admin section? For example how can I check if I am in the Users > Your Profile page?
I find it weird that no one has mentioned the fact that the add_menu_page function returns an action hook which you can use to do certain actions only on those pages
$hook = add_menu_page($menu_title,...
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Get a list of all WordPress.org Plugins?
You can start with something like this:
https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[page]=1&request[per_page]=400
I think it's self-explanatory.
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WP API Get post with tag names instead of tag ID's
I figured something out based on what I found at this post.
Basically I need a plugin that listens for when the REST response is about to go out. The plugin code would be similar to the following:
...
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External API to WP
I'd recommend writing a simple plugin. Read through the Plugin Development Handbook, but it's pretty easy. The only thing necessary for a plugin is the header with the Plugin Name.
In the plugin, ...
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WP Rest API not working
First you've to Check if the WordPress REST API is enabled or not
The best way to check is to visit this URL: https://yoursite.com/wp-json.
If you see some JSON response, REST API is enabled.
If it’s ...
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Difference Between Filter and Action Hooks?
In simple word's.
Actions are those PHP functions which execute the output.
Filters are those PHP functions which return the output.
Updated: We can extend any plugin which use the actions ...
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Using filters and actions for plugin API?
Both approaches are not mutually exclusive. As @gmazzap said, don’t create a callback hell.
But you can provide an initial hook, so other developers don’t have to rely on the rather slow ...
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WordPress API - count posts
With WP-CLI installed from https://wp-cli.org/ you can retrieve the total post count by using:
wp post list --format=count
Full documentation for the POST LIST command
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REST API for Multisite
I'm using the REST API to pull data about one multisite installation and feed it to sites in another multisite installation.
Here's some of the code in use:
class WPSE205354_Demo {
function ...
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how to authenticate for the REST API from a plugin and from command line
GET requests, like listing posts, doesn't need authentication at least you need to get private posts. Your problem is that you are using a route/endpoint that doesn't exist.
In WordPress 4.4, WP REST ...
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WP Rest API - How to get featured image
Take a look at a plugin called Better REST API Featured Image. It adds the featured image URL to the original API response.
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Is it safe to fix Access-Control-Allow-Origin (CORS origin) errors with a php header directive?
Yes, you open your site to being requested via AJAX to any other script in the whole web.
It would be better if you limit the origin to one specific remote domain from which you are consuming the API,...
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How can I cache WordPress Rest API Response
You should create a new instance from WP_REST_Response to set the Cache-Control value.
<?php
register_rest_route('wp/v2', '/your_endpoint', array(
'methods' => 'GET',
'callback' => '...
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Send data to 3rd party api with wp_remote_post on wp_login
The 'body' needs to be an array, not including the 'json_encode($user)' piece.
$response = wp_remote_post( 'myapp.com/endpoint', array(
'method' => 'POST',
'headers' => array('Content-Type' ...
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