Basic Tab
Connecting to WordPress
Note: For now, only connecting to self hosted wordpress instances is supported by WordPress Adapter.To connect to data, set the Url and provide authentication. You must set the URL to your wordpress site, otherwise an error will be thrown indicating that the site was not found.
For example, if your site is hosted in 'http://localhost/wp/wordpress', the URL should be 'http://localhost/wp/wordpress' and not 'htpp://localhost' .
Authenticating to WordPress
WordPress uses Basic or OAuth2.0 authentication.
Basic
Basic authentication is recommended for a testing environment only.Configure Access to WordPress
- Go to your WordPress host and login with your admin credentials when prompted.
- Make sure your WordPress supports the REST API. Wordpress 4.7 and later support it natively, earlier versions will need to install the REST API plugin.
- Install an authentication plugin such as Basic Authentication to secure access to the REST API.
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To create custom taxonomies, you need to install the Simple Taxonomy Refreshed
Alternatively, to install the plugins manually, extract the compressed folders to the wp-content\plugins folder and then enable the plugins via the WordPress admin interface.
After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- AuthScheme Set this to Basic.
- Url: Set this to your WordPress URL.
- User: Set this to your username.
- Password: Set this to your password.