{"id":15698,"date":"2016-10-14T17:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15698"},"modified":"2016-10-14T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T17:20:47","slug":"using-the-wordpress-api-to-display-stats-on-a-7-segment-display-with-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15698","title":{"rendered":"Using the WordPress API to display stats on a 7-segment display with a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.averagemanvsraspberrypi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Displaying-Wordpress-Page-Views-on-a-Raspberry-Pi-777x437.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Saville (Average Man) has been hard at work looking at the WordPress API. 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