Title: Curlest
Author: Fulfillment.Global
Published: <strong>April 17, 2024</strong>
Last modified: May 11, 2026

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# Curlest

 By [Fulfillment.Global](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fulfillmentglobal/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/curlest.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/curlest/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/curlest/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/curlest/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/curlest/)

## Description

This plugin provides a shortcode called `[curlest]` which fetches and displays the
raw content of a given HTTP URL as the shortcode’s output.

### Third party service description

This plugin does not make use of any third party services. No data is collected 
or submitted by this plugin.

This plugin’s source code may be verified for confirmation.

### Usage

Install and activate the plugin.

Use the Curlest shortcode inside a WordPress post or page:

    ```
    [curlest url="" cache="" timeout="" selector=""]
    ```

 * Valid values for `url`:
    - e.g. `https://example.com/index.html`
 * Valid values for `cache`:
    - `nocache`: No caching, i.e. always fetch fresh new URL contents during each
      shortcode request.
    - The following expressions will always respond with cached URL contents if 
      available, and only fetches new URL data asynchronously, if the cached data
      has expired based on the given interval, where `N` is a number:
    - `N s` or `N seconds`
    - `N m` or `N minutes`
    - `N h` or `N hours`
    - `N d` or `N days`
    - The following expressions _may_ respond with cached URL contents, if the cached
      data has not yet expired, based on the given interval. The difference between
      the above expressions and the below is, with the above, if the cached data
      is stale (expired), the stale data will still be responded, but with the below(
      i.e. when the `fresh` option is added), stale data will _never_ be responded;
      new data will first be fetched during the shortcode request before the new
      data is responded, where new data is fetched based on the given interval, 
      and where `N` is a number:
    - `N s fresh` or `N seconds fresh`
    - `N m fresh` or `N minutes fresh`
    - `N h fresh` or `N hours fresh`
    - `N d fresh` or `N days fresh`
 * Valid values for `timeout`:
    - Any number, e.g. `30` for 30 seconds. This parameter indicates how long to
      wait for a response when fetching the URL, before responding with an empty
      string.
 * Valid values for `selector`:
    - Any CSS selector, for example `div.a div.b.c .d-e` to return the inner HTML
      as per the given CSS selector, from the contents of a fetched HTML document.
      It is assumed, when a CSS selector expression value is provided for this parameter,
      that the fetched URL contents is valid HTML; otherwise, if the fetched URL
      Does not contain valid HTML, the shortcode’s output will be blank.

## FAQ

Is this plugin free to use?

Yes, this plugin is free to use. The source code is available for you to examine
what the plugin does and how it works.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Curlest” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Fulfillment.Global ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fulfillmentglobal/)

[Translate “Curlest” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/curlest)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/curlest/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/curlest/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/curlest/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/curlest/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/curlest/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Fulfillment.Global ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fulfillmentglobal/)

## Support

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