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From integrating with technologies beyond WordPress to providing more flexibility when developing sites, plugins, and themes; the WordPress REST API packs a powerful punch and makes development faster and easier.<\/p>\n<p>It provides a new way to interact with WordPress posts, users, comments, and taxonomies using the popular RESTful API standard, which allows you to create, read, update, and delete the main WordPress objects and provides infrastructure for creating your own custom APIs.<\/p>\n<p>In this Torque ebook <em>(sponsored by WP Engine)<\/em>, author and developer Josh Pollock provides an in-depth overview of website and application development using the WordPress REST API. The ebook includes practical examples you can follow to improve your WordPress site and integrate WordPress with non-WordPress frameworks and tools. 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