In this presentation to the WordPress Grand Rapids (WPGR) Meetup group, Topher DeRosia explains what an API is, how it works, and provides some example APIs to help spark creativity. This video also available with slides instead of video. youtu.be/D_imozwhmY0
The WordPress HTTP API allows you to gather data from other parts of the web and present it however you wish. We’ll take a look at how it’s done, while taking into consideration performance issues. We’ll look at both examples of what can be done as well as code samples to accomplish specific goals.
The BigCommerce WordPress plugin uses headless ecommerce to create a hybrid of a SaaS and WordPress. It’s powerful, fast, easy, scalable, and inexpensive. This is not a deeply technical talk, but rather a discussion about how the ecommerce landscape is changing in WordPress. This is not intended to be a sales pitch for BigCommerce, but…
A complete step-by-step beginner guide on how to make the best possible WordPress blog: i.e. an extremely fast, professional, secure, technically superb blog that both looks great and works perfectly! Follow along with the video and you’ll have a truly excellent WordPress-powered website set up and running in no time! Everything you need to know…
Quickview allows customers to open up a small window to interact with a product without loading a full page. Sometimes this isn’t ideal however, so there’s a switch to turn it off. This video will show you how. BigCommerce for WordPress is a free plugin that lets you use BigCommerce to power your site’s backend…
If you read anything at all about websites, at some point you’ll see the abbreviation “URL”. In this video we’ll talk about what it means, and how to understand it.