Title: A Good API into the complex WordPress API
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# A Good API into the complex WordPress API

 *  [bryanaka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryanaka/)
 * (@bryanaka)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-good-api-into-the-complex-wordpress-api/)
 * I’ve been working a lot with Timber recently and it has been a wonder.
 * Coming from traditional MVC style code and how templates are used in Rails/Laraval/
   Express, the WordPress API and theme development process was a disaster in comparison.
   If you are coming from modern web application development, I highly recommend
   this Library. The WordPress API is mostly in global scope by default and template
   compilation can be cached, so there is little-to-no trade off.
 * Timber uses Twig Templates, which are similar to Jinja Templates in Python or
   Django Templates. They are extremely flexible and easy to wrap your head around.
   I would probably start at the [twig website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-good-api-into-the-complex-wordpress-api/twig.sensiolabs.org?output_format=md)
   and at [Jarad’s Screencasts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y3VFE1JogQ).
 * I am now actively contributing to it on [Github](https://github.com/jarednova/timber/)
   and look forward to helping Jarad make it even more powerful.

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