How to Update a WordPress Blog Via API
WordPress has ascended to one of the most popular blogging engines available. The WordPress publishing platform has been designed to allow blog updates either from the standard administrator web interface or with supported client software. One standard application programmers interface that WordPress supports for remote publishing is XML-RPC. WordPress does not enable the XML-RPC interface by default, so you will need login as an administrator and enable this API, if you wish to publish to your blog remotely.
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Instructions
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Ensure that your WordPress blog is installed and fully operational, by logging into the administrative interface. Most WordPress themes include a Meta widget in one of the sidebars that provides a link to the administrator login screen. Typically, the uniform resource locator to access WordPress administration is the URL for your blog followed by "/wp-admin."
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Scroll down in the left column of your WordPress administrative interface until you find the Settings section and then choose the "Writing" link just beneath.
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Scroll down to the "Remote Publishing" section and check the box next to "XML-RPC" within the Writing options in the main window of your administrative interface. This will enable the WordPress XML-RPC publishing protocol for your blog.
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Ensure that your blog client supports XML-RPC publishing. The WordPress iPhone app supports this as do a number of popular blogging clients, such as Microsoft Live Edit and MarsEdit. It is best to check within the documentation or the support website for your client software to ensure that it supports XML-RPC.
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Publish a sample entry to your WordPress blog using your XML-RPC supported client, just to ensure that the API works as expected.
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