Presentation of the new GraphQL API for WordPress plugin, to use the increasingly popular GraphQL API to fetch data from the WordPress site.
The plugin is open source. Repo: https://github.com/GraphQLAPI/graphql-api-for-wp.
We will first explore the current scene of APIs in WordPress:
- What is an API
- What are the current solutions for WordPress: WP REST API and WPGraphQL
- Their characteristics
Then I will explain the characteristics of this new plugin GraphQL API for WordPress, and do a demo of it. The demo involves using the WordPress admin, there won’t be any code at all, so it’s suitable for beginners too.
Slides: https://slides.com/leoloso/graphql-api-for-wp
Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about the different API solutions in WordPress, and about the GraphQL API plugin in particular
Why am I qualified to give this talk:
Because I’m the author of the plugin