Intro to the GraphQL API for WordPress

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

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