API

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API of Wordpress.com

What is API? : 

What is API? WordPress.com has what’s called “API keys” which allow you to use services and enhancements built on the WordPress.com platform. This allows you to leverage the power of WP.com while still hosting your blog elsewhere.

Hooks : 

Hooks Hooks are provided by WordPress to allow your plug-in to 'hook into' the rest of WordPress. That is, to call functions in your plug-in at specific times, and thereby set your plug-in in motion. There are two kinds of hooks: 1)Actions 2) Filters

Actions : 

Actions Actions are the hooks that the WordPress core launches at specific points during execution, or when specific events occur. Your plug-in can specify that one or more of its PHP functions are executed at these points, using the Action API.

Filters : 

Filters Filters are the hooks that WordPress launches to modify text of various types before adding it to the database or sending it to the browser screen. Your plug-in can specify that one or more of its PHP functions is executed to modify specific types of text at these times, using the Filter API.

Filter Functions : 

Filter Functions has_filters add_filter apply_filters current_filter merge_filters remove_filter remove_all_filters

Actions Functions : 

Actions Functions has_action add_action do_action do_action_ref_array did_action remove_action remove_all_actions

The Short code API : 

The Short code API New in WordPress 2.5 is the Short code API, a simple set of functions for creating macro codes for use in post content. A trivial short code looks like this: [gallery] The Short code API makes it easy to create short codes that support attributes like this: [gallery id="123" size="medium"]

Getting Your API Keys : 

Getting Your API Keys To obtain an API key, you simply need to register for a WordPress.com account at http://www.wordpress.com/signup

Finding Your API Key : 

Finding Your API Key Every user of WordPress.com receives a unique API key they can use to access a number of services. This key should be kept as secret as your password — do NOT share it with anybody.

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To find your key, access your WordPress.com user profile at http://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/profile.php you should see, directly under the Profile heading, a sentence which explains, “Your WordPress.com API key is:” followed by a string of 12 letters and numbers.

API key of your wordpress.com : 

API key of your wordpress.com

Changing the API Key Used for Stats : 

Changing the API Key Used for Stats You can change the API key used for the WordPress.com Stats plug-in on your externally-hosted blog via the following steps: For these instructions, the API key used for stats belongs to WordPress.com username statsapi1 and we will change to the API key owned by WordPress.com username statsapi2.

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Step1:- Log into WordPress.com with username statsapi1.

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Step2:- Click My Account in the admin bar and select Stats from the drop-down menu.

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Step3:- If the account has access to stats for several blogs, make sure you are viewing stats for the blog you want to modify.

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Step4:- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter the email address associated with username statsapi2.Click the Add button.

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Step5:- Make the user statsapi2 a stats Administrator by clicking the Promote button.

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Step6:- Remove statsapi1 from having stats access by clicking the Leave this blog button.

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Step7:- Log into your externally-hosted blog’s dashboard and access your Plug-in panel. Deactivate and activate the WordPress.com Stats plug-in; you will be prompted with a warning.

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Step8:- Click on the WordPress.com Stats link to go to the configuration page. Enter the API Key for the user statsapi2 and click the Save button.

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Step9:- You have successfully changed the API key!

What is a workflow? : 

What is a workflow? A workflow is a reliably repeatable pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources, defined roles and mass, energy and information flows, into a work process that can be documented and learned.

Work flow of wordpress.com : 

Work flow of wordpress.com This definition can be trimmed and refined a bit to better suit its application to WordPress, yielding: A workflow is a reliably repeatable pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources, defined roles, and information flows, into a work process that can be documented and learned.

An Example Workflow : 

An Example Workflow we have two users: Charlie and Edward. Edward runs a website for Cello enthusiasts, for which Charlie occasionally writes articles. Despite Charlie's immense knowledge of Cello technique, he's not the best writer or speller, so he doesn't have permission to publish the article himself. Whenever he writes an article for Edward, there's usually a lengthy back-and-forth process to perfect the article for publishing.

Setting Up Your WordPress Environment : 

Setting Up Your WordPress Environment

A Hypothetical Example : 

A Hypothetical Example Discuss a plugin that takes advantage of the new state change actions to implement a workflow.

Getting it Working for Pages : 

Getting it Working for Pages

What is Wordpress hosting? : 

What is Wordpress hosting? As Blogging is widely increasing in popularity, used by millions to deliver stories, messages and news to its readers, WordPress has become the blogging tool to use. Foreseeing this development, we have taken the liberty to list a WordPress hosting top list.

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. Our visitors can find the best host for WordPress that not only support WordPress but make sure that the blogging tool will far exceed its potential. The tool is very logical and can be used by virtually anyone who can use a word processor. All you have to do is to login, add a new article, write an url, and either write the blog text right in WordPress, or copy and paste it from your favorite word processor.

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But WordPress hosting is not for every web hosting service out there. WordPress requires high standards from the web hosting provider. And we have therefore thoroughly examined a wide range of web hosting services that offer WordPress hosting, and you can be rest assured that the best WordPress host alternatives we present will meet even the highest standards. So by examining the list you should be able to easily find a Wordpress blog hosting that will suit your site.

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