Authentication: JSON Web Tokens
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Description
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- Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
- Content title: Authentication with JSON Web Tokens
- Topic description: How to use JSON Web Tokens for WP REST API authentication instead of Application Passwords
- Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
- Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate
Prerequisites
It is assumed that the learner has already completed the following lessons:
- Beginner WordPress developer
- Modules 1 - 8
Learning Objectives
- Define what JSON Web Tokens are, and why you might want to use them
- Implement JSON Web Token authentication using one of the available plugins.
Related Resources and Other Notes
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the issue's prerequisite course, learning objectives, and linked JWT plugin resources. Define the lesson content for WordPress REST API authentication, including why JSON Web Tokens are useful and how to implement them with an available plugin. Done means a complete lesson suitable for intermediate developers and covering both stated objectives.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, wordpress
- Domain
- api, authentication, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100