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Talking to Other Sites with the WP HTTP API – Topher DeRosia

ByTim Nolte July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

Talking to Other Sites with the WP HTTP API from topher1kenobe

Why Talk To Other Sites?

Ask them questions – Getting Data
Tell them things – Process Requests.

How is This Done?

GET – wp_remote_get()
POST – wp_remote_post()
HEAD – wp_remote_head()

Cache API Content

WordPress Sites (/wp-json) – pull public WordPress site data

Tim Nolte

Technical Architect

A Christ-follower, husband, father, and WordPress Developer with Forum One.

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