Title: SJF WP API Shortcode
Author: Scott Fennell
Published: <strong>September 13, 2014</strong>
Last modified: December 24, 2015

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# SJF WP API Shortcode

 By [Scott Fennell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scofennellgmailcom/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/json-rest-api-shortcode.2.0.9.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-rest-api-shortcode/)

## Description

Activate this plugin and use the shortcode [wp_api] in a post or page. It takes 
a few different arguments that are documented in the plugin source code.

## Screenshots

[⌊This screen shot shows the result of using the shortcode to fire an API request.⌉⌊
This screen shot shows the result of using the shortcode to fire an API request.⌉[

This screen shot shows the result of using the shortcode to fire an API request.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `json-rest-api-shortcode` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Activate this plugin and use the shortcode [wp_api] in a post or page. It takes
    a few different arguments that are documented in the plugin source code.

## FAQ

#### Does my blog need the JSON REST API plugin in order for this plugin to work?

Until the JSON REST API is merged into core, yes.

#### If I use this plugin to ping a remote blog, does the remote blog need the JSON REST API?

Yes.

#### If I use this plugin to ping a remote blog, does the remote blog need to allow CORS?

Yes. One fantastic way to do this is to use this plugin on the remote blog: https://
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cors/

#### Do I need to be careful when I use this plugin? Can it send real traffic and execute real database queries, including CRUD?

Yes.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“SJF WP API Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Scott Fennell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scofennellgmailcom/)

[Translate “SJF WP API Shortcode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/json-rest-api-shortcode/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/json-rest-api-shortcode/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/json-rest-api-shortcode/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/json-rest-api-shortcode/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0.9

 * Updated for new version of API.

#### 2.0.1

 * Better console logging.

#### 2.0

 * Total rewrite for code cleanup and also to support v2 of the WP API.

#### 1.0.4

 * Include auth data in debug output.

#### 1.0.3

 * Fix bug with passing nonce for cookie auth.

#### 1.0.2

 * Refactor duplicate code into methods.

#### 1.0.1

 * Refactor plugin to use WP Ajax API & WP HTTP API.

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.9**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 * Tag
 * [wp-api](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-api/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-rest-api-shortcode/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Scott Fennell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scofennellgmailcom/)

## Support

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