Enable JWT authentication for the Wordpress REST API
This video shows you how to enable JWT authentication for the Wordpress REST API. You will first create a kickass Wordpress development using the official MySQL and Wordpress images from the Docker hub and then go through the whole plugin setup and testing process.
Below are the links to everything used in this video
Info about JSON Web Tokens and the JWT Authentication Plugin
- https://jwt.io/
- https://enriquechavez.co/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-api/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/jwt/
How to access the Wordpress Rest API (permalink structure setup)
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44814644/wordpress-4-8-on-docker-rest-api-not-accessible
- https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/extending-the-rest-api/routes-and-endpoints/
The Docker images
Learn all about the Docker commands in the video:
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/logs/
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/ps/
Feel free to ask questions and I will try to answer them to the best of my knowledge!
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