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Common APIs Handbook

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This handbook serves as a clearinghouse for documentation on all APIs present within the WordPress software as well as APIs available from the WordPress.org ecosystem.

First published

June 18, 2019

Last updated

June 19, 2019
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Chapters

  • Common APIs Handbook
  • Hooks
    • Action Reference
    • Filter Reference
  • Responsive Images
  • Dashboard widgets API
  • Database API
  • Internationalization
    • Internationalization Functions
    • Internationalization Guidelines
    • Localization
  • Filesystem
  • Global Variables
  • Metadata
  • Options
  • Plugins
  • Making HTTP requests
    • GETting data from an external service
    • POSTing data to an external service
    • Performance
    • Advanced
    • Authentication
  • Quicktags
  • REST
  • Rewrite
  • Security
    • Sanitizing Data
    • Validating Data
    • Escaping Data
    • Nonces
    • User Roles and Capabilities
    • Common Vulnerabilities
    • Example
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  • Site Health
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  • Transients
  • XML-RPC
  • wp-config.php
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