I’m starting to use the WP API more and more, and have definitely needed some help along the way. Here are some tips and tricks I’ve been able to pick up and use.
- Get multiple types of posts / pages / etc
- /wp-json/posts?type[]=post-type&type[]=post-type
- Filter by specific number of posts per page
- /wp-json/posts?filter[posts_per_page]=4&page=2 (number of posts you want, and which page)
- Get a random post
- /wp-json/posts?filter[orderby]=rand&filter[posts_per_page]=1
- Get One post at a time (pull in first post in posts / pages/ post-type)
- /wp-json/posts?filter[posts_per_page]=1
- /wp-json/posts?type=post-type&filter[posts_per_page]=1
- Get ALL the posts
- /wp-json/posts?filter[posts_per_page]=-1
- Get a specific post type post by ID or post by ID
- /wp-json/posts?type=post-type&filter[page_id]=69420
- /wp-json/posts?filter[page_id]=69420
- Get posts in reverse alphabetical order (for shits and giggles)
- /wp-json/posts?filter[order]=DESC
- Get posts after a specific date (could be better I’m sure)
- /wp-json/posts?filter[date_query][after]=2014-09-15T15:48:52
I’ll be adding more as I go along and come across ones that I believe would help