README

QuickWP is a modern, class-based PHP toolkit for managing WordPress sites via the REST API. It provides both a clean programmatic API and ready-to-use web tools for common WordPress operations.

📦 Installation

composer require bitshost/quickwp

📋 Requirements

PHP 7.4+
WordPress site with REST API enabled
WordPress Application Password for authentication

✨ Features

Clean OOP Architecture – PSR-4 autoloaded classes with dependency injection
Fluent API – Intuitive, chainable interface for all operations
Multi-Site Support – Manage multiple WordPress sites from one installation
Web UI Tools – Ready-to-use forms for posts, pages, media, taxonomies, and CPTs
Flexible Access Control – HTTP Basic Auth, token auth, or no protection
Service-Based Design – Separate services for Posts, Pages, Media, Taxonomies, and CPTs

📁 Project Structure

QuickWP/
├── src/                          # Core library (PSR-4: QuickWP\)
│   ├── QuickWP.php               # Main facade class
│   ├── Bootstrap.php             # Factory for service creation
│   ├── Config/
│   │   ├── Config.php            # Base immutable config wrapper
│   │   ├── ConfigLoader.php      # Loads config from files
│   │   └── SiteConfig.php        # Site-specific configuration
│   ├── Http/
│   │   ├── AccessControl.php     # Access control middleware
│   │   └── RestClient.php        # cURL-based REST client
│   └── Service/
│       ├── PostService.php       # Post CRUD operations
│       ├── PageService.php       # Page CRUD operations
│       ├── CptService.php        # Custom Post Type operations
│       ├── MediaService.php      # Media upload & management
│       ├── MenuService.php       # Menu operations
│       ├── TaxonomyService.php   # Categories/Tags management
│       └── TemplateService.php   # Template fetching
├── public/                       # Web interface
│   ├── index.php                 # Dashboard
│   ├── quick-post.php            # Create/edit posts
│   ├── quick-page.php            # Create/edit pages
│   ├── quick-media.php           # Upload media
│   ├── quick-cpt.php             # Custom post types
│   ├── quick-edit.php            # Edit by ID
│   ├── quick-taxonomy.php        # Categories/Tags
│   └── quick-wp.php              # Legacy entry point
├── tests/                        # PHPUnit tests
├── quick-config.php              # Your site configuration
├── quick-sites.php               # Multi-site configuration (optional)
└── composer.json                 # PSR-4 autoloader

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install via Composer

composer require bitshost/quickwp

Or clone the repository and run composer install.

2. Configure Your Site

Copy the example config and edit with your WordPress site details:

cp quick-config.example.php quick-config.php

<?php
return [
    // REST API Endpoints
    'posts_endpoint' => 'https://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts',
    'pages_endpoint' => 'https://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages',
    'media_endpoint' => 'https://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media',
    
    // WordPress Credentials (Application Password)
    'wp_username'     => 'your-username',
    'wp_app_password' => 'xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx',
    
    // Options
    'show_auth_form' => true,   // Show credentials in forms
    'verify_ssl'     => true,   // Verify SSL certificates
    'debug_http'     => false,  // Debug cURL requests
];

3. Create an Application Password

Log in to your WordPress admin
Go to Users → Profile → Application Passwords
Enter a name (e.g., "QuickWP") and click Add New
Copy the generated password to your quick-config.php

4. Access the Web Interface

Point your browser to public/index.php

💻 Programmatic Usage

Basic Example

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use QuickWP\QuickWP;

// Initialize with config directory
$qwp = QuickWP::init(__DIR__);

// Create a post
$result = $qwp->posts()->create([
    'title'   => 'My New Post',
    'content' => '<p>Hello from QuickWP!</p>',
    'status'  => 'draft',
]);

if (QuickWP::isSuccess($result)) {
    echo 'Post created! ID: ' . QuickWP::getId($result);
    echo 'Link: ' . QuickWP::getLink($result);
} else {
    echo 'Error: ' . QuickWP::getError($result);
}

Using Services

// Posts
$posts = $qwp->posts();
$posts->create(['title' => 'New Post', 'status' => 'publish']);
$posts->update(123, ['title' => 'Updated Title']);
$posts->get(123);
$posts->list(['per_page' => 10, 'status' => 'draft']);
$posts->delete(123, force: true);

// Pages
$pages = $qwp->pages();
$pages->create(['title' => 'New Page', 'parent' => 0, 'template' => 'full-width.php']);

// Media
$media = $qwp->media();
$media->upload($_FILES['file'], ['title' => 'My Image', 'alt_text' => 'Alt text']);
$media->setFeaturedImage(postId: 123, mediaId: 456);

// Taxonomies
$tax = $qwp->taxonomy();
$tax->createCategory(['name' => 'News', 'slug' => 'news']);
$tax->createTag(['name' => 'Featured']);
$tax->listCategories(['hide_empty' => false]);

// Custom Post Types
$cpt = $qwp->cpt();
$cpt->create('product', ['title' => 'New Product', 'status' => 'publish']);
$cpt->list('product', ['per_page' => 20]);

Alternative Initialization

// From explicit config array
$qwp = QuickWP::withConfig([
    'posts_endpoint'  => 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts',
    'wp_username'     => 'admin',
    'wp_app_password' => 'xxxx xxxx xxxx',
]);

// With specific site from multi-site config
$qwp = QuickWP::init(__DIR__, siteKey: 'staging');

// Without access control enforcement
$qwp = QuickWP::init(__DIR__, enforceAccess: false);

📚 API Reference

QuickWP Facade

Method	Description
`QuickWP::init($baseDir, $siteKey, $enforceAccess)`	Initialize from config files
`QuickWP::withConfig($array)`	Initialize with explicit config
`$qwp->posts()`	Get PostService instance
`$qwp->pages()`	Get PageService instance
`$qwp->cpt()`	Get CptService instance
`$qwp->media()`	Get MediaService instance
`$qwp->taxonomy()`	Get TaxonomyService instance
`$qwp->menus()`	Get MenuService instance
`$qwp->templates()`	Get TemplateService instance
`$qwp->getConfig()`	Get current SiteConfig
`$qwp->getClient()`	Get RestClient instance

Static Helpers

Method	Description
`QuickWP::isSuccess($result)`	Check if operation succeeded
`QuickWP::getError($result)`	Get error message from result
`QuickWP::getId($result)`	Get created/updated item ID
`QuickWP::getLink($result)`	Get item URL/link

Shortcut Methods

$qwp->createPost($data);              // Create a post
$qwp->createPage($data);              // Create a page
$qwp->createCptItem($slug, $data);    // Create CPT item
$qwp->uploadMedia($fileInfo, $data);  // Upload media
$qwp->createCategory($data);          // Create category
$qwp->createTag($data);               // Create tag

Service Methods

Each service follows a consistent CRUD pattern:

$service->create($data);              // Create item
$service->update($id, $data);         // Update item
$service->get($id);                   // Get single item
$service->list($params);              // List items with filters
$service->delete($id, $force);        // Delete item

🌐 Multi-Site Configuration

Create quick-sites.php to manage multiple WordPress sites:

<?php
return [
    'default_site' => 'production',
    'sites' => [
        'production' => [
            'label' => 'Production Site',
            'posts_endpoint' => 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts',
            'pages_endpoint' => 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages',
            'media_endpoint' => 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media',
            'wp_username'    => 'prod-admin',
            'wp_app_password' => 'xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx',
        ],
        'staging' => [
            'label' => 'Staging Site',
            'posts_endpoint' => 'https://staging.example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts',
            'pages_endpoint' => 'https://staging.example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages',
            'media_endpoint' => 'https://staging.example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media',
            'wp_username'    => 'staging-admin',
            'wp_app_password' => 'yyyy yyyy yyyy yyyy',
        ],
    ],
];

Switch sites via URL parameter: ?site=staging

Or programmatically:

$qwp = QuickWP::init(__DIR__, siteKey: 'staging');

🔒 Access Control

Configure access protection in quick-config.php:

// No protection (default)
'access_mode' => 'none',

// HTTP Basic Auth
'access_mode'           => 'basic',
'access_basic_user'     => 'admin',
'access_basic_password' => 'secret-password',

// Token in URL
'access_mode'   => 'token',
'access_token'  => 'my-secret-token',
// Access via: ?token=my-secret-token

⚙️ Configuration Reference

Key	Type	Default	Description
`posts_endpoint`	string	`''`	WordPress posts REST endpoint
`pages_endpoint`	string	`''`	WordPress pages REST endpoint
`media_endpoint`	string	`''`	WordPress media REST endpoint
`categories_endpoint`	string	derived	Categories endpoint (auto-derived if empty)
`tags_endpoint`	string	derived	Tags endpoint (auto-derived if empty)
`wp_username`	string	`''`	WordPress username
`wp_app_password`	string	`''`	WordPress Application Password
`verify_ssl`	bool	`true`	Verify SSL certificates
`debug_http`	bool	`false`	Show cURL debug info
`show_auth_form`	bool	`true`	Show credentials in web forms
`access_mode`	string	`'none'`	Access control: `none`, `basic`, or `token`
`access_basic_user`	string	`''`	HTTP Basic Auth username
`access_basic_password`	string	`''`	HTTP Basic Auth password
`access_token`	string	`''`	URL token for token auth
`cpt_default_slug`	string	`'post'`	Default custom post type slug
`page_templates`	array	`[]`	Available page templates
`post_templates`	array	`[]`	Available post templates

🔧 Response Format

All service methods return a standardized response array:

[
    'ok'         => true,              // Success flag
    'http_code'  => 201,               // HTTP status code
    'json'       => [...],             // Decoded JSON response
    'raw_body'   => '...',             // Raw response body
    'curl_error' => null,              // cURL error message (if any)
    'info'       => [...],             // cURL info array
    'headers'    => [...],             // Response headers
]

🛡️ Security Best Practices

Never commit credentials – Keep quick-config.php and quick-sites.php out of version control
Use Application Passwords – Don't use your WordPress login password
Enable SSL verification – Keep verify_ssl => true in production
Protect the tools folder – Use access_mode, HTTP auth, or IP restrictions
Use minimal permissions – Create WordPress users with only the capabilities needed
Revoke leaked passwords – If credentials are exposed, revoke them immediately in WordPress

📋 Requirements

PHP 7.4 or higher
cURL extension
WordPress 5.6+ (for Application Passwords)
WordPress REST API enabled

🧪 Development

# Run tests
composer test

# Static analysis
composer analyse

📄 License

MIT License – see LICENSE for details.

bitshost / quickwp

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README

📦 Installation

📋 Requirements

✨ Features

📁 Project Structure

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install via Composer

2. Configure Your Site

3. Create an Application Password

4. Access the Web Interface

💻 Programmatic Usage

Basic Example

Using Services

Alternative Initialization

📚 API Reference

QuickWP Facade

Static Helpers

Shortcut Methods

Service Methods

🌐 Multi-Site Configuration

🔒 Access Control

⚙️ Configuration Reference

🔧 Response Format

🛡️ Security Best Practices

📋 Requirements

🧪 Development

📄 License