External changes

The external changes performed are as follows:

  • The core routes within WordPress have been transferred to the wp/v2 namespace.
  • To follow the Hypertext Application Language (HAL) standards, the hypermedia links have been changed from meta.links to _links.
  • Links will be given an embeddable attribute that will indicate whether they can or cannot be embedded within the response.
  • Defined content types will have a schema attributed to the endpoint in a way that will follow the JSON Schema standard
  • Comments have also suffered a change in the way that they have been moved to a top-level endpoint in the manner of /wp/v2/comments.

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