WordPress powering the backend through a custom REST API. That’s pretty normal, as nearly 42% of all websites on the internet are powered by WordPress.
is this normal? of course WordPress is popular for websites, but why a REST API? most of this seems just like shoddy junior work. probably vibe coded by someone who thinks software engineering is obsolete
Actually, Wordpress is made for blogs and the plugin architecture (to do things like shopify) has heavy security issues. If you don’t make a very basic blog, use a different framework. And if you do, better look into static site generators.
Because their app is essentially a website. News, videos, photo galleries. WP REST API is useful for writing a front-end using a different language than PHP while keeping the very convenient admin interface that most content managers are familiar with.
is this normal? of course WordPress is popular for websites, but why a REST API? most of this seems just like shoddy junior work. probably vibe coded by someone who thinks software engineering is obsolete
Actually, Wordpress is made for blogs and the plugin architecture (to do things like shopify) has heavy security issues. If you don’t make a very basic blog, use a different framework. And if you do, better look into static site generators.
Because their app is essentially a website. News, videos, photo galleries. WP REST API is useful for writing a front-end using a different language than PHP while keeping the very convenient admin interface that most content managers are familiar with.