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Check whether is wordpress.org plugin library is reachable by your website host. This plugin sends a small curl request to check that your website can communicate with api.wordpress.org.

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Check whether is wordpress.org plugin library is reachable by your website host. This plugin sends a small curl request to check that your website can …

Use the shortcode “remote_get” with the parameter “url” to insert the content from that url into your page or post. You can also use parameters like start and stop (or end) to parse out a specific part of the content that you wish to display.
Now you can also wrap any content in the “preg_replace” shortcode to manipulate it into the desired format. Tricky stuff, but very powerful, if you know what you’re doing.
Updated December 16th

EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content

Use the shortcodes remote_get and preg_replace to fetch external content and parse it to use on your page or post.

Check Update Servers vs EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content