How to use IBM® App Connect with WordPress
WordPress is web publishing software that can be used to create a website or a blog.
Connecting to WordPress
Complete the connection fields that you see in the App Connect Designer page (previously the Catalog page) or flow editor. If necessary, work with your WordPress administrator to obtain these values.
WordPress has the following connection fields.
| Authorization method | Connection field | Description | Applicability |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC OAUTH | Access token | Create an application in the WordPress developer site to
create a client ID. An access token is generated from the client ID and redirect URI. Tip: For more information about generating an access token, see OAuth2
Authentication in the WordPress
documentation.
|
App Connect Enterprise as a Service and App Connect in containers |
| OAUTH 2.0 AUTH CODE |
Tip: Authorize a connection to WordPress by signing
in to your account.
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App Connect Enterprise as a Service |
To connect to a WordPress endpoint from the App Connect Designer Applications and APIs page for the first time, expand WordPress, then click Connect. For more information, see Managing accounts.
Before you use the account that is created in App Connect in a flow, rename the account to something meaningful that helps you to identify it. To rename the account on the Applications and APIs page, select the account, open its options menu (⋮), then click Rename Account.
General considerations
Before you use App Connect Designer with WordPress, take note of the following considerations:
- (General consideration) You can see lists of the trigger events and
actions that are available on the Applications and APIs page of the App Connect Designer.
For some applications, the events and actions depend on the environment and whether the connector supports configurable events and dynamic discovery of actions. If the application supports configurable events, you see a Show more configurable events link under the events list. If the application supports dynamic discovery of actions, you see a Show more link under the actions list.
- (General consideration) If you are using multiple accounts for an application, the set of fields that is displayed when you select an action for that application can vary for different accounts. In the flow editor, some applications always provide a curated set of static fields for an action. Other applications use dynamic discovery to retrieve the set of fields that are configured on the instance that you are connected to. For example, if you have two accounts for two instances of an application, the first account might use settings that are ready for immediate use. However, the second account might be configured with extra custom fields.
Events and actions
WordPress events
These events are for changes in this application that trigger a flow to start completing the actions in the flow.
WordPress actions
Your flow completes these actions on this application.
| Object | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Retrieve top-commented authors for site | Retrieves the top-commented authors for a site |
| Blog | Retrieve recommended blogs | Retrieves recommended blogs for the current user |
| Category | Create category | Creates a category on a WordPress site |
| Retrieve categories | Retrieves categories from a WordPress site | |
| Comment | Create comment | Creates a comment on a post in a WordPress site |
| Retrieve comments | Retrieves comments available from a WordPress site | |
| Feed | Retrieve feed details | Retrieves details of a feed by feed URL |
| Retrieve followed feeds | Retrieves feeds the user is following | |
| Follower | Follow blog | Follows a blog |
| Unfollow blog | Unfollows a blog | |
| Following blogs posts | Retrieve following blog posts | Retrieves a list of posts from the blogs that a user followed |
| Like comment | Like comment | Likes a comment |
| Retrieve likes for comment | Retrieves all likes for a comment on WordPress | |
| Unlike comment | Unlikes a comment | |
| Like post | Like post | Likes a post |
| Retrieve likes for post | Retrieves all likes for a post on WordPress | |
| Unlike post | Unlikes a post | |
| Liked blog posts | Retrieve liked blog posts | Retrieves a list of posts from the blogs that a user likes |
| Media | Retrieve media | Retrieves media from a WordPress site |
| Post | Create post | Creates a post on a WordPress site |
| Retrieve posts | Retrieves posts from a WordPress site | |
| Post stats | Retrieve most commented posts for site | Retrieves the most commented posts in a WordPress site |
| Post views | Retrieve view stats for post | Retrieves the number of views for a post |
| Referrer details | Retrieve referrers for site | Retrieves other blogs, websites, and search engines that link to a WordPress site |
| Site | Retrieve sites | Retrieves sites of a current user from WordPress |
| Site country views | Retrieve views by country for site | Retrieves the number of views received per country for a site |
| Site followers | Retrieve followers for site | Retrieves details about followers of a site |
| Site publicize followers | Retrieve publicize follower count for site | Retrieves the Publicize follower count from all social networks to which your WordPress site is connected |
| Site stats | Retrieve stats for site | Retrieves statistics for a site |
| Site stats summary | Retrieve stats summary for site | Retrieves summarized views, visitors, likes, and comments for a site |
| Site tag views | Retrieve views by tags and categories for site | Retrieves views for a site by tags and categories |
| Site top authors | Retrieve top authors for site | Retrieves top authors for a site |
| Site top posts | Retrieve top posts for site | Retrieves details about the top posts for a site |
| Tag | Create tag | Creates a tag on a WordPress site |
| Retrieve tags | Retrieves tags from a WordPress site | |
| Tag details | Retrieve subscribed status for tag | Retrieves the subscribed status of the user to a given tag |
| Retrieve subscribed tags | Retrieves tags subscribed to by the user | |
| Subscribe to tag | Subscribes to a new tag | |
| Unsubscribe from tag | Unsubscribes from a tag | |
| Trending tags | Retrieve trending tags | Retrieves a list of trending tags |
| User | Retrieve users | Retrieves users in WordPress |
Examples
Use templates to quickly create flows for WordPress
Learn how to use App Connect templates to quickly create flows that complete actions on WordPress. For example, go to the Discover page and search for WordPress.
