WP REST API Helper Plugin

A plugin to help out the default WordPress REST API Data.

Credits

Please visit my YouTube Channel. I publish WordPress development related videos regularly. The channel name is Robiz Show

Features

Post & Pages

Endpoint:
http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts
http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages

• Get feature image url of a post. [ Full, Large, Medium, Thumbnail ]
• Get publish date in a human readable format.
• Get author details which includes user_nicename, user_url.
• Get post terms object. That includes term id, name, slug, description, parent, post count and url.

Posts

Endpoint: http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

• Featured image source stated as  featured_image_src  with multiple variations [ Full, Large, Medium, Thumbnail ].
• Post published date in more readable format stated as   published_on  (e.g: Feb 20, 2020)
• Author details stated as  author_details.
• Post terms stated as  post_terms . This contains an array of objects of the terms.

Pages

Endpoint: http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages
* Featured image source stated as  featured_image_src  with multiple variations [ Full, Large, Medium, thumbnail ).

Menus

Endpoint: http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/menus
* Provides full menu list of a theme based on menu location. object contains parent and its child information.

Widgets

Endpoint: http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/widgets
* Provides the widget area list associated with the widgets.

General Info

Endpoint: http://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/general
* Provides the general information about the site.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/wp-rest-api-helper directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Use the Settings->Plugin Name screen to configure the plugin
4. (Make your instructions match the desired user flow for activating and installing your plugin. Include any steps that might be needed for explanatory purposes)

Release Version – 1.0.0

• Initial release.

Release Version – 2.0.0

• Internal plugin structure changed.

Release Version – 2.0.1

• Plugin updater added.

Release Version – 2.0.2

• Permission callback fixed for the REST API.
• In post author details updated.
• In page author details updated.
• In menus type_label & slug updated.