A fifth of the Internet may soon have a vastly easier way to build new functions if the REST API under development becomes part of Wordpress’s core code.

Why? Because it will take WordPress into new directions entirely. WordPress has unveiled its latest iteration, version 4.4. It's called Clifford, after the jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, and comes ...

The recently patched REST API Endpoint vulnerability in WordPress could be leveraged to pull off stored cross-site scripting attacks.

The REST API allows plugins, themes and other applications to manipulate WordPress content and create interactive functionalities. This technology extends what the WordPress core can do.

Facebook’s API will soon be dropping support for that endpoint. Further, in response to Facebook’s API change, WordPress is removing Facebook and Instagram as an oEmbed source.