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XML-RPC WordPress API

XML-RPC API that supersedes the legacy Blogger, MovableType, and metaWeblog APIs. Some clients also exist for different programming languages.

Components

  • Posts (for posts, pages, and custom post types) - Added in WordPress 3.4
    • wp.getPost
    • wp.getPosts
    • wp.newPost
    • wp.editPost
    • wp.deletePost
    • wp.getPostType
    • wp.getPostTypes
    • wp.getPostFormats
    • wp.getPostStatusList
  • Taxonomies (for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) - Added in WordPress 3.4
    • wp.getTaxonomy
    • wp.getTaxonomies
    • wp.getTerm
    • wp.getTerms
    • wp.newTerm
    • wp.editTerm
    • wp.deleteTerm
  • Media - Added in WordPress 3.1
    • wp.getMediaItem
    • wp.getMediaLibrary
    • wp.uploadFile
  • Comments - Added in WordPress 2.7
    • wp.getCommentCount
    • wp.getComment
    • wp.getComments
    • wp.newComment
    • wp.editComment
    • wp.deleteComment
    • wp.getCommentStatusList
  • Options - Added in WordPress 2.6
    • wp.getOptions
    • wp.setOptions
  • Users
    • wp.getUsersBlogs
    • wp.getUser (3.5)
    • wp.getUsers (3.5)
    • wp.getProfile (3.5)
    • wp.editProfile (3.5)
    • wp.getAuthors

Obsolete Components

  • Categories - use Taxonomies instead, with taxonomy='category'
    • wp.getCategories
    • wp.suggestCategories
    • wp.newCategory
    • wp.deleteCategory
  • Tags - use Taxonomies instead, with taxonomy='post_tag'
    • wp.getTags
  • Pages - use Posts instead, with post_type='page'
    • wp.getPage
    • wp.getPages
    • wp.getPageList
    • wp.newPage
    • wp.editPage
    • wp.deletePage
    • wp.getPageStatusList
    • wp.getPageTemplates


Clients

  • rubypress WordPress XML-RPC client for Ruby projects. Mirrors this documentation closely, full test suite built in.
  • wordpress-xmlrpc-client PHP client with full test suite. This library implement WordPress API closely to this documentation.
  • WordPressSharp - XML-RPC Client for C#.net
  • plugins/jetpack Related: Jetpack by WordPress.com enables a JSON API for sites that run the plugin
  • plugins/json-api Related : WordPress JSON api