REST API being used in WordPress plugins

REST API, being considered as an ever-growing and reliable solution, has become the backbone for a multitude of WordPress plugins that offer a wide range of functionality from contact forms to menus and means of authentication. This proves that the future lies on REST API, and developers have actively started making use of it.

Under this section, we will cover the Thermal API plugin, one of the main plugins built with REST API.

Overview

Thermal API will allow you to elevate your WordPress content in a very familiar WordPress manner. Thermal is the plugin that will give you the power of WP_QUERY in a RESTful API way. Thermal will support client-based decisions and has a responsive design framework that is going ...

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