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cjrasmussen/wordpress-api
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Simple helper for interacting with the WordPress REST API

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WordpressApi
============

[](#wordpressapi)

Simple class for making authenticated requests to the WordPress REST API. Not affiliated with WordPress. Currently only supports basic auth.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\WordpressApi\WordpressApi;

$wpApi = new WordpressApi($url);

// SET BASIC AUTH TOKEN
$wpApi->setAuthBasicToken('jfheriberwoifnoewigah');

// GET THE DATA ABOUT A SPECIFIED POST
$data = $wpApi->request('GET', "v2/posts/{$post_id}");

// SET BASIC AUTH TOKEN VIA USERNAME AND PASSWORD
$wpApi->setAuthUserPass('someuser', '1insecurepassword');

// DELETE A SPECIFIED MEDIA ITEM
$ipb->request('DELETE', "/v2/media/{$media_id}");
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/wordpress-api to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/wordpress-api
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

WordpressApi is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~236 days

Total

4

Last Release

612d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0225f44837a665c8a143afa50a34a406a769c523dba31e4cdf73fd0530dede45?d=identicon)[cjrasmussen](/maintainers/cjrasmussen)

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Top Contributors

[![cjrasmussen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15007730?v=4)](https://github.com/cjrasmussen "cjrasmussen (5 commits)")

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