DO IT WITH
WorDpress
Angular &
Ionic
Are you wanting to rapidly build a dynamic mobile app that integrates seamlessly with the WordPress API?
Combining the one click setup and deployment of a first-in-class CMS like WordPress with the build tools and CLI available in the Angular framework can get your app built in record time, with minimal effort.
Adding the mobile capabilities of Ionic can get your app to market lickety-split.
WordPress and Angular are two great technologies, widely used in web development.
WordPress is an incredibly popular and immensely flexible content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage a website, even if you have no coding knowledge whatsoever. WordPress currently powers 43.1% of websites on the World Wide Web.
Angular is in the top 10 of JavaScript Frameworks, is a popular choice for large Enterprises and distributed teams, it can be used on the frontend or backend to create dynamic Single Page Apps (SPAs) and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) with faster page loads.
Uniting these two technologies with Ionic, a framework for building cross-platform mobile apps, allows developers to create powerful applications with minimal time investment to get a functional system.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to build a Headless WordPress app with Angular & Ionic.
Ionic is a free and open source component library for building apps that run on iOS, Android, Electron, and the Web.
How to create an Ionic Angular App leveraging the WordPress REST API as a Backend, an introduction.
With Ionic you can build for any platform from a single codebase using webs standard technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of building a WordPress-powered Angular app with Ionic. Follow along to learn the fundamentals of getting started with Ionic app development.
N.B. This demo uses the native WordPress REST API as the data source.
Don’t panic!
If you’re new to any of these technologies; we’ll keep things friendly and straightforward.
Let’s Get Started
Prerequisites
Before diving into the development, make sure you have the following installed on your machine:
- Volta JavaScript Tool Manager (optional but recommended)
- Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) installed
- Git version manager
- A code editor installed (Visual Studio Code) or use of an online editor (Phoenix / Stackblitz)
- A WordPress website (if you’re not sure how to do this, check the WordPress setup guide)
You can check these are installed by running these commands:
node --version
npm --version
git --versionWhilst not necessary, you may also want to familiarise yourself with:
🦾 So, without further ado. Let’s build an App! 🚀
Beginning Development
Step 1: Install Ionic & Angular
First we need to install the base libraries and frameworks, to do this:
- Open your terminal or command prompt
- Run the following command
npm install -g @ionic/cli 
