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Example WordPress Simple JSON Endpoint Plugin
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<?php | |
/** | |
* Plugin Name: WDS GIF API | |
* Plugin URI: http://webdevstudios.com | |
* Description: Adds a Custom Post Type to store GIFs and an API JSON Endpoint to access GIFs by a tag. | |
* Author: WebDevStudios | |
* Author URI: http://webdevstudios.com | |
* Version: 1.0.0 | |
* License: GPLv2 | |
*/ | |
/** | |
* Create a Custom Post Type for our GIFs and Taxonomy to Tag Them. | |
* | |
* We are keeping this basic and passing in minimal arguments for demo purposes. | |
*/ | |
function wds_gif_cpt_and_tax() { | |
$cpt_args = array( | |
'label' => 'GIFs', | |
'show_ui' => true, | |
'supports' => array( 'title', 'thumbnail' ), | |
); | |
register_post_type( 'wds_gif', $cpt_args ); | |
$tax_args = array( | |
'label' => 'GIF Tags', | |
); | |
register_taxonomy( 'wds_gif_tag', 'wds_gif', $tax_args ); | |
} | |
add_action( 'init', 'wds_gif_cpt_and_tax' ); | |
/** | |
* Rewrite an endpoint to get GIFs. | |
*/ | |
function wds_gif_endpoint() { | |
add_rewrite_tag( '%wds_gif%', '([^&]+)' ); | |
add_rewrite_rule( 'gifs/([^&]+)/?', 'index.php?wds_gif=$matches[1]', 'top' ); | |
} | |
add_action( 'init', 'wds_gif_endpoint' ); | |
/** | |
* Pass through the data to the endpoint. | |
*/ | |
function wds_gif_endpoint_data() { | |
global $wp_query; | |
$gif_tag = $wp_query->get( 'wds_gif' ); | |
if ( ! $gif_tag ) { | |
return; | |
} | |
$gif_data = array(); | |
$args = array( | |
'post_type' => 'wds_gif', | |
'posts_per_page' => 100, | |
'wds_gif_tag' => esc_attr( $gif_tag ), | |
); | |
$gif_query = new WP_Query( $args ); | |
if ( $gif_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $gif_query->have_posts() ) : $gif_query->the_post(); | |
$img_id = get_post_thumbnail_id(); | |
$img = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $img_id, 'full' ); | |
$gif_data[] = array( | |
'link' => esc_url( $img[0] ), | |
'title' => get_the_title(), | |
); | |
endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); endif; | |
wp_send_json( $gif_data ); | |
} | |
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wds_gif_endpoint_data' ); |
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