WordPress for iOS
Isaac Keyet (isaackeyet)
Eric Johnson (aerych)
XML-RPC Core Update
I wanted to give the mobile devs an update on one of the two big XML-RPC features in core for 3.5:
Last week we landed the user-related enhancements (#18428), and today I got some docs up on the codex:
The first two allow for retrieving information about arbitrary users, including some basic querying capabilities.
The latter two allow for reading and editing of the requesting user’s basic profile information. Email and password are not allowed to be edited for security reasons, but this will at least allow for management of the other fields from the mobile apps.
Last week also saw the removal of the UI option to disable XML-RPC. So starting in 3.5, XML-RPC will be enabled by default in WP.org sites, although devs have the ability to disable it using a filter.
The other major XML-RPC feature this release is revisions, which we can hopefully wrap up in the next couple of days.
Jorge Bernal 11:17 am on September 18, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Happy to hear about XML-RPC enabled by default
Dan 7:32 am on September 19, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Yeah, that’s very very cool.
Max Cutler 8:47 pm on September 18, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Another minor improvement: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/21896
Now in wp.uploadFile, you can pass in ‘post_id’ and it will actually attach the image to a post (instead of it being orphaned). This should allow galleries to be done in the mobile app more easily using the naked shortcode.
Marko Heijnen 7:43 pm on September 19, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Awesome stuff. Happy to see that most of the stuff is getting done for 3.5
Andrew Nacin 7:29 am on September 26, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Following up on revisions: The latest patch has gotten a code review and will need some updates. http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21397