Using Composer to Manage WordPress Themes and Plugins

One way to get around manually having to migrate your themes and plugins using our method is to use Composer (a package manager for PHP), so in this post we’ll be looking at how you can use it to manage the themes and plugins we didn’t store in our Git repository last time.

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Thermal: A RESTful API for WordPress.

Thermal is the WordPress plugin that gives you the power of WP_Query in a RESTful API. Thermal supports client-based decisions that, when combined with a responsive design framework, allows for a truly responsive application leveraging a WordPress content source.

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Introduction to the JSON REST API

The REST API works using four of the most common HTTP methods — GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE. We will be using GET and POST in this tutorial. We’ll use GET to obtain data via the API and display it, and we’ll use POST to update items. If you have not used a JSON REST API, it may sound complicated or intimidating, but really it’s a matter of creating the right URL strings and sending them in the browser.

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15 Free Resources To Help You Become a Smarter WordPress Developer | Layerthemes

If you are a WordPress developer and want to take your skill to the next level, there are countless resources other than the great WordPress Codex to take you there. One of the key elements behind WordPress’ tremendous growth is its helpful community. You will find solutions to almost any problems if you look around.

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Design Patterns – PHP: The Right Way

There are numerous ways to structure the code and project for your web application, and you can put as much or as little thought as you like into architecting. But it is usually a good idea to follow common patterns because it will make your code easier to manage and easier for others to understand.

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