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WP-WikiBox

Get Wikipedia article summary for a keyword in any language, inline with your posts and pages, with a simple shortcode and/or function.

Download Version 0.1.3

Author: bsurprised

WP-WikiBox is a simple yet very useful plugin. It uses Wikipedia API to retrieve the beginning summary section of a Wikipedia article based on the keyword title provided. You can simply insert Wikipedia information inline with your posts or provide wiki explanation on your tags and boost your ranks with rich wiki content.

The wiki box supports styling, customization and caching of retrieved data to optimize your experience.

Check out Tag: WordPress on my website to see a demo.

Features

New from v0.1.2

  • Added file caching method as an option
  • Enabled cURL to retrieve data for better performance
  • Added option to strip links from content

And

  • Supports shortcodes anywhere in your posts, pages and sidebar
  • Template function to automate inserting articles
  • Long list of supported Wikipedia languages
  • Customizable cache control to reduce server load
  • Multilingual interface
  • Customizable features
  • Plugin uninstall support

Requires: 2.9.2 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.0.5
Last Updated: 2010-10-6 Downloads: 2,070

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