Transcript
[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast, which is dedicated to all things, WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how the Interactivity API will transform your WordPress websites.
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So on the podcast today we have Damon Cook and Seth Rubenstein.
Damon Cook is a developer advocate with WP Engine, and previously worked as a front end developer at several WordPress focused agencies.
Seth Rubenstein began his WordPress journey in college, and is now the lead engineer at the Pew Research Center, where he works on interactive WordPress applications.
This is the last of the podcast recorded at WordCamp, us 2024, and our focus today is the interactivity API. You may not be familiar with what this is and why it matters, so Damon and Seth will break it down, and explain how it might transform your WordPress websites in the future.
Damon starts off by defining what an interactive website is, giving examples such as single page applications, and dynamic elements like tabs and accordions. Seth adds his perspective on how interactivity aids both the end user, and website editors. Making for a more compelling user experience and efficient content creation.
We get into why WordPress needed an interactivity API,