Create a custom WordPress REST API endpoint
Register a custom REST route with register_rest_route, handle GET parameters and protect endpoints with permission callbacks.
Use the Fetch API to load data asynchronously in WordPress themes
Loading data asynchronously without a full page reload is a fundamental technique in modern web development, and WordPress themes increasingly rely on it for features like live search suggestions, infinite scroll, dynamic filter results, and real-time content updates. Historically, WordPress developers reached for jQuery’s $.ajax() method to make these requests, and while jQuery is still…
Display Live Weather Data in WordPress Without a Plugin Using OpenWeathe ...
Some projects require only one or two weather values on the page — current temperature, an icon, a short description. Installing a full-featured weather plugin for that is overkill. The OpenWeatherMap API is free for up to 60 calls per minute and returns clean JSON that PHP can consume directly.