This plugin adds a shortcode and a widget that can be used for pulling and displaying press releases from Cision.

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This plugin is developed by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyclonecode" rel="nofollow ugc">Cyclonecode</a> and can be used to load and expose press releases made by <a href="http://www.cision.se/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cision</a>.
To start pulling feed items from Cision you first need to add the unique identifier for you json feed at the configuration page for the plugin. 
You can also change how many feed items to pull, type of feed items, enable pagination, configure caching and much more.
If you have questions or perhaps some idea on things that should be added you can also try <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/cyclonecode/shared_invite/zt-6bdtbdab-n9QaMLM~exHP19zFDPN~AQ" rel="nofollow ugc">slack</a>.
<h4>Pro Version</h4>
There is a PRO version of this plugin, which includes extended features. For instance:
★ Support to fetch entire feed and not only the last 50 entries. 
★ Custom post types. Creates a post for each item in WordPress. This means that all news have standard WordPress links. 
★ Manually created posts can be added to the feed. 
★ Custom taxonomies for categories and tags fetched from Cision. 
★ Use standard article template from your active theme. 
★ Support to create, update and delete posts based on PUSH events sent from Cision. 
★ Support to create, update and delete posts during CRON at configurable intervals. 
★ Calendar module. 
★ Cron module. 
★ Insider module. 
★ Link Back module. 
★ Media module. 
★ Ownership module. 
★ Share Graph module. 
★ Share Calculator module. 
★ Subscription module. 
★ Ticker module. 
★ Translation module. 
★ Use normal or ajax based load more button for pagination. 
★ Annual free support and quicker response times. 
★ Discount for multisite licenses.
I usually have an initial meeting where I talk about the plugin, explain the different features and answer any questions.
A demo site showing some of the modules can be found <a href="https://dev-cision-block-pro.pantheonsite.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.
To get more information about the Pro version, email me at <a href="mailto:cisionblock@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">cisionblock@gmail.com</a> or give me a call at +(46)-767013987.
<h4>Looking for help</h4>
I am currently in the search for someone who would like to help me with something of the following:
<ul>
<li>Create a dashboard icon which can be used in the admin menu.</li>
<li>Create a banner that would be displayed on the plugins homepage at wordpress.org.</li>
<li>Design a nicer and more intuitive admin interface.</li>
<li>Create a solid looking icon that can be used on multiple places.</li>
</ul>
If you would like to help with anything of the above, please do not hesitate and contact me either on Slack or by email.
<h4>Developers</h4>
I am looking for developers that would be interested in contributing to either the free or premium version of the plugin.
Would be great just to get some ideas and input from others who have some experience in WordPress plugin development.
At this point I am pretty much on my own, which will sometimes result in me just thinking around some issues in my own way; here I think it would be awesome to have others to talk to and collaborate.
If you think this sounds interesting, please drop me an email or ping me on Slack.
<h4>Widget</h4>
You can display a feed in any sidebar by adding and configure a widget.
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
The shortcode [cision-block] can either be used by adding it to the content field of any post or by using the do_shortcode function in one of your templates.
Shortcode attributes:
<ul>
<li>
id 
Assign a specific name for a block.
</li>
<li>
source_uid 
A unique feed identifier.
</li>
<li>
language 
The language code for each feed item. For example ‘en’ for english.
</li>
<li>
date_format 
The date format to use.
</li>
<li>
readmore 
The readmore button text.
</li>
<li>
count 
The maximum number of items to include in the feed.
</li>
<li>
view 
This states what kind of items to include: 
1 – include both regulatory and non-regulatory items. 
2 – include only regulatory items. 
3 – include only non-regulatory items.
</li>
<li>
start 
Sets the start date for the feed items. The format to use is 2016-12-31.
</li>
<li>
end 
Sets the end date for the feed items. The format to use is 2016-12-31.
</li>
<li>
show_filters 
Enable filtering of feed items.
</li>
<li>
filter_all_text 
Button text for ‘all’ filter.
</li>
<li>
filter_regulatory_text 
Button text for ‘regulatory’ filter.
</li>
<li>
filter_non_regulatory_text 
Button text for ‘non-regulatory’ filter.
</li>
<li>
items_per_page 
Sets the number of feed items to display on each page.
</li>
<li>
types 
Only press releases of the specified types will be included.
</li>
<li>
image_style 
The image style to use:
<ul>
<li>DownloadUrl</li>
<li>UrlTo100x100ArResized</li>
<li>UrlTo200x200ArResized</li>
<li>UrlTo400x400ArResized</li>
<li>UrlTo800x800ArResized</li>
<li>UrlTo100x100Thumbnail</li>
<li>UrlTo200x200Thumbnail</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
show_excerpt 
Display excerpt for each feed item.
</li>
<li>
template 
The template file to use. If no template is set in settings and this parameter is not set then cision-block.php in either the active 
theme or in the plugin will be used as a default. 
You can either use the name of the template as given in the template header e.g ‘Foo’ or the actual filename e.g. foo.php.
</li>
<li>
flush 
Clears the cache for the block.
</li>
</ul>
Here is an example using all of the above attributes:
<pre><code>[cision-block id=example_block source_uid=A275C0BF733048FFAE9126ACA64DD08F language=sv date_format=m-d-Y readmore="Read more" show_excerpt=0 view=1 count=6 items_per_page=2 types="PRM, RDV" start=2016-01-12 end=2019-06-12 image_style=UrlTo400x400ArResized show_filters=1 filter_all_text=*none* filter_regulatory_text=Regulatory filter_non_regulatory_text=Non-regulatory template=foo.php flush=true]
</code></pre>
Notice that all shortcode attributes are optional and that they must be on a single line. 
Default values is taken from the plugins settings page.
Here is a complete list of the different kind of press releases:
<ul>
<li>KMK – Annual Financial statement</li>
<li>RDV – Annual Report</li>
<li>PRM – Company Announcement</li>
<li>RPT – Interim Report</li>
<li>INB – Invitation</li>
<li>NBR – Newsletter</li>
</ul>
<h4>More than one block in a page</h4>
To use more than one block in a single page you will need to set a unique id for each block or else they will both share the same cache entry.
<h4>Filter feed items</h4>
On the ‘Filters’ tab you can enable filtering on you feed and add a text for the different kind of filters or use the default ones. 
If for some reason you would like to hide a specific filter button you can enter the special value <code>*none*</code> in the corresponding text field.
<h4>Template</h4>
The template used to render the feed is cision-block/templates/cision-block.php, you can override 
this template by copying it to either the root or under a templates folder in your theme.
You can also select a specific template which will be used to render the feed under the plugins settings page. 
To create a new template, you can follow the steps as described in this link: <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/" rel="nofollow ugc">Page Templates</a>:
For instance adding a file with the following header comment would create a new ‘Foo’ template:
<pre><code><?php
/**
 * Template name: Foo
 * Template Post Type: cision-block-post
 *
 * Template used to display a feed from Cision.
 **/
?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Display single press releases in WordPress</h4>
Since version 2.0.0 it is possible to fetch and display press releases directly from within WordPress. 
The template used in this case is cision-block/templates/cision-block-post.php, you can override 
this template by copying it to either the root or under a templates folder in your theme.
The <code>$CisionItem</code> feed object that is available in the template contains all raw data fetched from Cision. 
Under the Resources section there is a link that explains all the different fields that is available. 
For example if you use the <code>$CisionItem->HtmlBody</code> to display content from the feed item you might have to add custom 
css since this contains pre formated html which may include inline css and so on.
<h4>Fields</h4>
By default, only the following fields are collected for each feed item:
<ul>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Intro</li>
<li>Body</li>
<li>PublishDate</li>
<li>CisionWireUrl</li>
<li>IsRegulatory</li>
<li>Images[0]
<ul>
<li>DownloadUrl</li>
<li>Description</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Filters</h4>
Add more fields to each feed item:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_map_source_item', function($item, $data, $block_id) {
 $item['Header'] = sanitize_text_field($data->Header);
 $item['LogoUrl'] = esc_url_raw($data->LogoUrl);
 $item['SocialMediaPitch'] = sanitize_text_field($data->SocialMediaPitch);

 return $item;
}, 10, 3);
</code></pre>
Customize the sorting of the feed items:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_sort', function($items, $block_id) {
 usort($items, function($a, $b) {
 return $a->PublishDate > $b->PublishDate;
 });

 return $items;
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
Add custom attributes to the pager:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_pager_attributes', function(array $attributes, $block_id) {
 return array_merge(
 $attributes,
 array(
 'class' => 'custom-class',
 'id' => 'custom-id',
 )
 );
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
Set a custom class for active pager item:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_pager_active_class', function($class, $block_id) {
 return 'custom-class';
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
To add attributes to the section wrapper in the template:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_wrapper_attributes', function(array $attributes, $block_id) {
 return array(
 'class' => array(
 'custom-class',
 ),
 );
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
To add attributes to the article wrapper in the template:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_media_attributes', function(array $attributes, $block_id) {
 return array(
 'class' => array(
 'custom-class',
 ),
 );
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
Add a prefix that will be displayed at the start of the wrapper:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_prefix', function($prefix, $block_id) {
 return '<h1>Prefix</h1>';
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
Add a suffix that will be displayed at the end of the wrapper:
<pre><code>add_filter('cision_block_suffix', function($suffix, $block_id) {
 return '<h1>Suffix</h1>';
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
<h4>Resources</h4>
A complete list of fields can be found at: <a href="https://websolutions.ne.cision.com/documents/P2_Feed.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">https://websolutions.ne.cision.com/documents/P2_Feed.pdf</a>
The following Feed identifier can be used for testing: A275C0BF733048FFAE9126ACA64DD08F
<h3>Improvements</h3>
If you have any ideas for improvements, don’t hesitate to email me at cisionblock@gmail.com or send me a message on <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/cyclonecode/shared_invite/zt-6bdtbdab-n9QaMLM~exHP19zFDPN~AQ" rel="nofollow ugc">slack</a>.
<h3>Support</h3>
If you run into any trouble, don’t hesitate to add a new topic under the support section: 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cision-block" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cision-block</a>
You can also try contacting me on <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/cyclonecode/shared_invite/zt-6bdtbdab-n9QaMLM~exHP19zFDPN~AQ" rel="nofollow ugc">slack</a>.

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