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I like the idea of a WP API. I guess in the future you could more easily build non-browser apps that utilize WP data. Of course, there's always going to be the

I like the idea of a WP API. I guess in the future you could more easily build non-browser apps that utilize WP data. Of course, there's always going to be the people who don't very much like the whole front-end JavaScript MVC idea (Backbone, React, Angular, etc.), but there will still be the regular PHP themes for them to use. My only wish is that a proliferation of horrible themes based on inefficient JS does not occur. Front-end MVC can be done right, but don't abuse it with bad code that gives the rest a bad name!

smacktoward 12y ago
I just wish there were a WP management API. Like, let me remotely do updates, backups, user administration etc. against a bunch of WP sites from a single console (or better yet, command line script), rather than having to log in to each one individually to do that stuff, which is a pain. EDIT: So it turns out there's a third party project that kinda sorta does this: WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/ http://wp-cli.org/). Anyone used it?
- aasarava 12y ago
  Pantheon (hosting) provides a lot of tools for managing Drupal sites like this. Now that they also support hosting Wordpress sites, they may offer similar tools. Might be worth a look: getpantheon.com
- bwb 12y ago
  wp cli is the bomb, try it, it rocks!
  - crxgames 12y ago
    Very much this.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  Have you tried WP Multi-Site?
- hughc 12y ago
  I've written batch scripts with WP-CLI and mysql to spin up new sites, from scratch, including database creations, install latest core, a suite of base plugins, install themes and create child themes, and configure some options. Works a treat.
- csixty4 12y ago
  I use wp-cli pretty much every day at work
Eric_WVGG 12y ago
Note that a “regular PHP theme” could be built on the WP-API instead of the current horrible mess of functions and loops. I’m tempted to port a version of html5-blank-wordpress over to it…

smacktoward 12y ago

I just wish there were a WP management API. Like, let me remotely do updates, backups, user administration etc. against a bunch of WP sites from a single console (or better yet, command line script), rather than having to log in to each one individually to do that stuff, which is a pain. EDIT: So it turns out there's a third party project that kinda sorta does this: WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/ http://wp-cli.org/). Anyone used it?

aasarava 12y ago
Pantheon (hosting) provides a lot of tools for managing Drupal sites like this. Now that they also support hosting Wordpress sites, they may offer similar tools. Might be worth a look: getpantheon.com
bwb 12y ago
wp cli is the bomb, try it, it rocks!
- crxgames 12y ago
  Very much this.
ceejayoz 12y ago
Have you tried WP Multi-Site?
hughc 12y ago
I've written batch scripts with WP-CLI and mysql to spin up new sites, from scratch, including database creations, install latest core, a suite of base plugins, install themes and create child themes, and configure some options. Works a treat.
csixty4 12y ago
I use wp-cli pretty much every day at work

Eric_WVGG 12y ago

Note that a “regular PHP theme” could be built on the WP-API instead of the current horrible mess of functions and loops. I’m tempted to port a version of html5-blank-wordpress over to it…