I’m about to build an app that will look like a social network: people will be able to create accounts, like posts, save posts (But not create posts).
I’m searching the right platform to build my backend, I saw many options like Parse or Node.js but I did not see many people using WordPress as backend.
My question is why not use WordPress as my backend and develop custom plugins as I need? What is the pros and cons? Am I missing something that makes people not using WordPress?
Thanks
You can use the WordPress as the backend of your app as per your requirement, As WordPress allows wp-JSON API & WooCommerce API as well.
Also you can integrate the JWT Authentication for WP REST API plugin if you want to implement the JWT authentication
Also you can customize as per your requirement so i suggest to use the wordpress as backend of your app
There are a lot of people using Parse Server for building social networks and it is a great fit. Take a look at the following app template. It shows how to build an Instagram app.
https://www.back4app.com/database/back4app/instagram-clone-swiftui
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I tried to use one plugin called "WP Data Sync". I am also going through its documentation/ support for the same. I am also having wpbakery page builder in my website. So is there any way that we sync with that also?
Note - We have to sync data in the form of images, image gallery, events listing, and the blog posts.
Did you check out WP Data Syncs website at https://wpdatasync.com/ and create an account to check out an API key?
I'm not sure about all APIs, but the ones I've used in the past would require me to register with the API's website, get issued an API key and maybe even designate the key to a specific website (your WordPress site in this case) for security reasons. After that, you would then go to your WP site and setup the API there via WP DataSyncs plugin.
I hope I understood your question and that this helps.
I have a project where I need to make a mobile app for a wordpress website. It will have some features that are not in the web app yet. I've made some research and there seems to be ways to make api requests to some endpoints that are made available by wordpress. I am a rookie when it comes to planning a backend structure, building it from scratch, and deploying it, but I have developed new features for an existing node.js backend for a mobile app before. Considering all of this, can I use the wordpress api for my mobile app without any security, performance, or compatibility issues or should I start building a backend for it?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, we can use WordPress website for mobile application backend.
For this we need to make an API request according to WordPress structure and database structure.
A new development in WordPress is the WP-API, which allows you to output your site content into a standardized JSON API. Since mobile apps normally use an API to get remote data, using the WP-API is a great way to get your WordPress data into a mobile app.
We can use inbuilt plugins for the same purpose like AppPreser- Mobile App Framework.
I am new to web development and and would like advice about what is the usual best practices to achieve what I am trying to do.
I am in charge of writing a frontend app using Vue. This frontend will require a login to access the app. The app will be hosted on Amazon.
However we are also wanting to build an eCommerce site in Wordpress or equivalent that sits on the root of the website, (eg www.mywebsite.com) with the app accessible through a "sign in" button. If the user presses the sign in button we want the location bar location to not change from the website they are on (www.mywebsite.com), even though the Wordpress site and Vue frontend may be stored on different locations/domains.
If the site is made in Wordpress, we can get another developer to do that webpage for us, while I work on the frontend. However we want the experience to be relatively seamless between connecting to the wordpress root site, clicking on the sign in button and being taken to the Vue frontend.
Is this possible? Do both sites have to be hosted on the same server for it to work (eg an Amazon EC2 server which hosts two webpages, the wordpress one and the vue one)?
Or can the wordpress put a link to the Vue frontend which doesn't change the web location to the user?
Or (worst case scenario) do we need to make both webpages in Vue as one Vue application, some pages requiring login to access and others not?
Thanks kindly for any assistance.
So in order to use Vue and WordPress together, you can either write 2 separate applications. One for the Frontend and one for the Backend, which is perfectly fine or you can simply write a WordPress Application with a Vue Theme.
This is how this could look like:
WordPress Backend
You can use a normal WordPress backend, where you can build the architecture you want to. In addition, you need to set up the REST-API Wordpress provides. So this also means, just use plugins which support it. Otherwise, you would need to write custom endpoints. For example, Woocommerce would be a good e-commerce plugin, since it supports the API.
Learn more about it here: https://v2.wp-api.org/
Of course, you can host your WordPress installation on Amazon. Here is a good guide for that: https://aws.amazon.com/de/getting-started/tutorials/launch-a-wordpress-website/
Notice: The REST-API is available in core since 4.7. If you are using an older version you would need to install a plugin.
WordPress Frontend
In order to create your Frontend, I'd recommend you to make a custom theme. Since you are just serving static files this can be done pretty easy. But still, you don't need to reinvent the wheel.
There's a really good starter theme out there: https://github.com/EvanAgee/vuejs-wordpress-theme-starter
It comes with all the stuff you need to get started and since it is just a theme, you can simply set up a usual WordPress hosting without handling Domains of multiple applications.
In order to get the data from the Backend, you would simply make calls to the REST-API. Here's an example: https://github.com/EvanAgee/vuejs-wordpress-theme-starter/blob/master/src/api/index.js
I would like to build Single Page Web Application (SPA) with React.js.
Application would need some Content Management System for back-end. I was thinking to use WordPress and their REST-API's but I don't know how to retrieve data from my wordpress installation.
Back-end and front-end would be in different domains so just building WP theme with React.js wouldn't work.
Basically, I don't know how to call and populate data from wordpress to my front-end.
I would need someone to point me to the right direction. And, maybe recommend easier CMS to use in this task.
Actually it is very easy to access your WordPress website data through HTTP REST API
Here you have the full documentation on WordPress REST APi
http://v2.wp-api.org/
I saw in wordpress some APIs being published for developers. What could a developer gain by using those APIs?
I think you've taken API to mean something similar to what Flickr and Vimeo do, which they are not. They are simply ways for you to access and ammend core functionality of the Wordpress platform, so as to bend it to do what ever it is you need it to do.
There are ways to pull data from your blog to a mobile devise, but that is a very different question.
Wordpress API are for those that want to develop a theme, or writing custom plugins for Wordpress.
Either way, you can use to integrate Wordpress in your exisiting php site, using the powerful backend as an administration tool and the using the API to retrieve the content and present it in your (already) website.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website