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IMDB Info Box

By Sunny Verma

Description

This plugin helps to add movie information (from IMDB) in wordpress post using shortcode [imdb id=”imdbmovieid”].
IMDB Info Box is using omdbapi.com API which provides information from Imdb.

Read more how this plugin works Get movie information with php

Note

This plugin is not endorsed by or affiliated with IMDb.com

Screenshots

  • IMDB Info box post demo
  • IMDB Info Box settings page

Installation

Using the Plugin Manager

  1. Click Plugins
  2. Click Add New
  3. Search for imdb-info-box
  4. Click Install
  5. Click Install Now
  6. Click Activate Plugin

Manually

  1. Upload imdb-info-box folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

Why cache is necessary?

Cache is crucial to IMDB Info Box plugin. As first imdb searchs are quite time consuming, if you do not want to kill your server but instead want quickest browsing experience, you should use cache.

How to display full plot on movie?

To display full plot use plot attribute eg
[imdb id=”tt0910970″ plot=”short”] for short plot (default)
[imdb id=”tt0910970″ plot=”full”] for full plot

Howto change box theme?

To change box theme login as admin

  1. goto Settings->IMDB infobox Settings.
  2. Select background and text color
  3. Click On Save Changes
How to set cache age?

To change cache age login as admin

  1. goto Settings->IMDB infobox Settings.
  2. Enter cache age in seconds or -1 for never expire
  3. Click On Save Changes

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Contributors & Developers

“IMDB Info Box” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

2.0

  • Added omdb API key support

1.2

  • Replaced all php stort open tags to with long tags
  • Remove all readonly attribute from input fields

1.1

  • Moved cache directory to uploads folder
  • Using CURL instead of file_get_contents
  • Added Border radius for imdb info box

1.0

  • Initial release

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