In this talk, Chris Brosnan will introduce using WordPress as a backend application through a combination of using the WP REST API and/or a shared database with a Laravel application as a use case. He will explain how developers can harness the advantages of using a modern PHP framework based on MVC principles, coupled with the ‘wp-admin’ interface and database structure of the WordPress CMS for a more rapid and satisfying development experience.
With this approach one can combine the best of both worlds in a way that can be adapted for a project and the development team’s methodology. Chris will show through a real-world example, how the WP REST API was so important to the evolution of WordPress into more than just a CMS and how it makes the use of WordPress as a headless CMS so advantageous.
WordPress is a rapidly evolving CMS to the point where it is no longer simply a CMS but has serious potential uses as an application framework, data source and headless CMS for a PHP or JavaScript framework, for increased performance and yet unrealised potential uses. Laravel is just one framework in which WordPress can be used. Chris will give a brief introduction to the concepts of Laravel being used with WordPress in building complex web applications to show that there is no need to firmly choose between the two and that the strong advantages of both options can be fully realised in our development projects no matter the purpose.
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Chris Brosnan
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