Product Explorer API
WordPress Plugin: Fetch products and render them on custom URLs with pagination and search functionality.
by Abu Nesar · github.com/rmdabunesar/product-explorer-api · website
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/rmdabunesar/product-explorer-api/archive/refs/heads/main.zipA lightweight, zero-dependency WordPress plugin that fetches products from a REST API and serves them through clean custom URLs — with pagination, search, and single product pages.
🔗 URL Structure
| URL | Description |
|---|---|
/products |
Product list — page 1 |
/products/2 |
Product list — page 2 |
/products/2/45 |
Single product ID 45, returning to page 2 |
/products/1?s=laptop |
Search results for "laptop" |
WordPress PHP HTTP API — GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE
A complete guide to making HTTP requests in WordPress using wp_remote_request() with real examples using DummyJSON.
Setup — just change these 3 values
$site_url = 'https://yoursite.com';
$username = 'admin';
$app_password = 'xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx';
$base_url = $site_url . '/wp-json/wp/v2/';
$auth = 'Basic ' . base64_encode("$username:$app_password");GET
$response = wp_remote_request($base_url . 'posts/1', [
'method' => 'GET',
'headers' => ['Authorization' => $auth],
]);
$post = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
print_r($post);POST
$response = wp_remote_request($base_url . 'posts', [
'method' => 'POST',
'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => $auth],
'body' => json_encode([
'title' => 'My New Post',
'content' => 'Hello World!',
'status' => 'publish',
]),
]);
$post = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
print_r($post);PUT
$response = wp_remote_request($base_url . 'posts/1', [
'method' => 'PUT',
'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => $auth],
'body' => json_encode([
'title' => 'Updated Title',
'content' => 'Updated content.',
'status' => 'publish',
]),
]);
$post = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
print_r($post);PATCH
// ─── PATCH ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
$response = wp_remote_request($base_url . 'posts/1', [
'method' => 'PATCH',
'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => $auth],
'body' => json_encode([
'title' => 'Only Title Updated',
]),
]);
$post = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
print_r($post);DELETE
$response = wp_remote_request($base_url . 'posts/1?force=true', [
'method' => 'DELETE',
'headers' => ['Authorization' => $auth],
]);
$post = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
print_r($post);