Send a get request to wordpress

One option would be to create a Page dedicated to processing these GET requests. Something like http://example.com/create/?yourquerystringhere`. You can then create a page template, either page-create.php to automatically apply to that page, or a custom template you manually apply from the dropdown. That page template can contain your custom code: <?php // if any variables … Read more

Save external API calls in WordPress

Mark, I’ve had to do something similar for multiple jobs. This is a larger topic but I’ll try break it down in steps and hopefully gets you going in the right direction. I’ve broken the code into steps and outlined them here: if (isset($_POST[‘submit’])) { $example = $_REQUEST[‘example’]; $result = $customcontact->lookupByName( $example ); /** API … Read more

Proper context for wp_remote_post()

You shouldn’t post directly to your plugin file – WordPress won’t be loaded, and you shouldn’t load it manually. Use the AJAX API and an action hook to handle it (note it doesn’t need to be an actual AJAX request): function wpse_180814_post_to_plugin( $name, $email ) { $result = wp_remote_post( admin_url( ‘admin-ajax.php’ ), array( ‘body’ => … Read more

WP_Http response throws “Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array”

Your logic for your updated if statement is wrong. if( !is_wp_error($response) && $response[‘response’][‘code’] != 200 ) Here you are saying; if NOT wp_error AND response code NOT 200 return false. So your not actually catching the WP_Error I believe what you are after is something like: if ( is_wp_error($response) || $response[‘response’][‘code’] != 200 ) return … Read more