Create mobile apps and connect them to WordPress.
Please keep in mind that WP-AppKit is currently in beta. Test it, break it! But be careful if you use it for professional purposes.
All versions under 1.0 are beta versions
- Upgrade to support the latest Phonegap Build changes (whitelisting and NPM)
- Fixes transitions
- This version adds the long awaited login feature (meaning that you can now support a WordPress secured authentication in your apps)
- You can also now use WP CLI to export your app's project
- There's many other changes and fixes, check the changelog
It's a WordPress plugin which provides:
- An admin panel to configure your app
- JSON web services to feed your app with WordPress content
- A JavaScript engine to create app's themes
- Sample themes to trigger your natural inclination to unbridled creativity
WP-AppKit uses the Cordova technology for the app. It means that the app is developed with HTML, CSS and JavaScript but still can be distribued in app stores.
WP-AppKit adds a menu to the WordPress admin.
- Here you can choose the targeted platform
- Pick a theme
- Pick the app's components (eg. Post List)
- Build the app's navigation
- Use Chrome to simulate your app in the browser
- Export the app's sources ready to be compiled with PhoneGap Build
WP-AppKit allows to create themes for your apps. As we use the Cordova technology, app themes are build with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. WP-AppKit provides a JavaScript engine able to interact with the WP-AppKit web services. It also mimics WordPress themes with files such as single, archive... You will also be able to use template tags.
However an app's theme is not a WordPress theme.
WP-AppKit themes use JavaScript (along with HTML and CSS) instead of PHP. Template Tags for example use UnderscoreJS.
Developing app themes are at the heart of the WP-AppKit project. If you're ready to dive into the mysteries of app themes, head to the doc: http://uncategorized-creations.com/wp-appkit/doc/.
This project is done the Uncategorized Creations team. UncatCrea is a group of web professionals working with WordPress and Cordova/PhoneGap. facing the challenges to build content based mobile apps connected to WordPress, we've decided to create WP-AppKit.
- Benjamin Lupu: Product/Project Management
- Mathieu Le Roi: Lead Developer
- Lionel Pointet: Developer