Use the WordPress REST API with Application Passwords

domain: wordpress · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Create an Application Password under the user's profile (WP 5.6+)
  2. Basic auth: username:app-password against /wp-json/wp/v2/...
  3. Create posts: POST /wp/v2/posts with title, content, status
  4. Upload media: POST /wp/v2/media with Content-Disposition filename header, then set featured_media

Known gotchas

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