GET whc.ca HTTP 2004.0 s14.1 KB$0.000154 captured Aug 7, 2026
whc.ca, as data
One API turns any whc.ca page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.
- Render mode
- Plain HTTP, no browser needed
- Response
- HTTP 200 in 4.0 s
- Page size
- 14.1 KB of markdown, 202 lines
- Fields
- Title, Content, Date, Source
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This whc.ca page cost $0.000154 to fetch.
This feature also includes the new list view panel, which gives an overview of all the available template sections and blocks.A new set of theme blocks have also been introduced, which can be very useful when building templates. These blocks are:The template editor will still inherit its styles from your main WordPress theme.## A new widget area blockThe widget system has been overhauled to include a new block-based widget screen. Now your blocks can be added to widget areas, via Customizer or by visiting **Appearance > Widgets** from the side menu.Simply click the ‘+’ button to select from all available blocks to add to your widget area.This feature brings all the flexibility of the block editor right into your sidebar widgets. You’ll be able to make design changes such as editing colors, typography, spacing, and more without having to install additional plugins.## Native support for WebP imagesWebP is a modern image format that provides superior compression for images on the web. WebP images are 26% smaller compared to PNGs, and 25-34% smaller than comparable JPEG images, without losing quality.Until now, WordPress had no support for WebP images. With WordPress 5.8, you can (finally!) upload WebP images to your website without resorting to third-party plugins.## Block editor improvementsThe block editor screen is likely where most of your time is spent when creating content in WordPress, so it’s great to see a number of changes coming with this update! Let’s take a look at some of the editor improvements in WordPress 5.8.### Duotone image effectsYou can choose between one of the default color presets or create your own!### Block pattern suggestionsWhen you search for a block using the add block panel, the editor will suggest patterns that you can add directly to your page. In WordPress 5.8, a number of new patterns have been added to help you create the perfect layout.What Spider does on whc.ca
Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.
Page to markdown
Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.
4.0 s · $0.000154Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Rendered capture
Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.
The call behind the panel
This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://whc.ca/blog/whats-new-in-wordpress-5-8/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://whc.ca/blog/whats-new-in-wordpress-5-8/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://whc.ca/blog/whats-new-in-wordpress-5-8/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What whc.ca costs
Multiplied from the measured 14.1 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.
1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.
Point this at the rest of whc.ca.
The capture above took 4.0 s and cost $0.000154. The same call takes any URL on whc.ca.