Quick start

Two short paths, depending on how you’ll use Octa Editor.

Edit from the front-end

1. Log in and visit any post, page or term archive on the front-end.
2. Open the Octa Editor panel (the floating button).
3. Change a field and click Save. Before saving you’ll see a dry-run preview of exactly what will change.
4. Confirm. The page reloads with your change applied.

See Editor panel → Overview for details.

Read and write over the API

First create an Application Password. Then:

Read a post as the canonical document:

curl https://example.com/wp-json/octa-editor-api/v1/post/123 \
  --user "editor:APPLICATION_PASSWORD"

Preview a change without writing anything (_dry_run):

curl -X POST https://example.com/wp-json/octa-editor-api/v1/post/publish \
  --user "editor:APPLICATION_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "_dry_run": true,
    "_match": { "id": 123 },
    "type": "post",
    "title": "Updated title"
  }'

The response lists exactly what would change, plus any warnings. Remove _dry_run to actually write.

Next: The canonical document and Record identity.