Current status of REST API

The biggest yearly event about WordPress has recently taken place, the WordCamp US, which was held in Philadelphia. Nearly 2000 WordPress enthusiasts, developers and fans attended the event and quite a few ideas were noted there. First of all, Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, said that up to 25% of the Web is powered by the CMS he founded, and amongst other interesting stats, REST API was given some attention as well. He stated that the opportunities that the WP REST API is bringing for the CMS, applications powered by JavaScript, and third-party apps is immense given the innovation level that will be brought. Calypso, the new architectural foundation for WordPress.com has not been left without a notice, but ...

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