Thorsten Frommen

Have you ever wanted to integrate external content such as a specific post of an external website into your WordPress website? But treat it like any other post? That is, have it appear as teaser or part of a specific (pseudo) archive?
This is exactly when External Content kicks in.
<h4>Usage</h4>
External Content registers a custom post type that, by default, supports title, content, excerpt and thumbnail. This can be customized, though. Managing your posts in your backend is no different from any other post type. Create a new post, give it a title, write some text, define an individual excerpt, and set a post thumbnail, if you wish. Then assign each post an individual external URL by means of the according meta box. This external URL will be used as the post’s permalink.
Filters
In order to customize certain aspects of the plugin, it provides you with several filters. For each of these, a short description as well as a code example on how to alter the default behavior is given below. Just put the according code snippet in your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file or your customization plugin, or to some other appropriate place.
<code>external_content_args</code>
If you want to alter a specific post type argument but you can’t find a fitting filter, there’s <code>external_content_args</code>, which provides you with the complete args array.
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the post type args.
 *
 * @param array $args Post type args.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_args', function( $args ) {

 // Use hierarchical external content
 $args[ 'hierarchical' ] = TRUE;

 return $args;
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_description</code>
The post type description can be customized by using the <code>external_content_description</code> filter.
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the post type description.
 *
 * @param string $description Post type description.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_description', function() {

 // Provide a description
 return 'Simple post type for handling external content like any other post.';
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_labels</code>
In case you don’t like the labels, easily adapt them to your liking.
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the post type labels.
 *
 * @param array $labels Post type labels.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_labels', function( $labels ) {

 // A little more horror, please...
 $labels[ 'not_found' ] = 'ZOMG, no external content found!!1!!1!!oneone!!!1!eleven!1!';

 return $labels;
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_meta_key</code>
If you want to alter the meta key for the external URL, feel free to do it via this filter.
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the meta key.
 *
 * @param string $meta_key Meta key.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_meta_key', function() {

 // Let's Shrekify the meta key
 return 'far_far_away';
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_post_type</code>
Yes, you can also alter the post type (slug).
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the post type.
 *
 * @param string $post_type Post type.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_post_type', function() {

 return 'exotic_stuff';
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_supports</code>
This filter provides you with the post type supports.
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the post type supports.
 *
 * @param array $supports Post type supports.
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_supports', function( $supports ) {

 // If your theme uses the excerpt for teasers, just remove the editor to prevent confusion
 foreach ( $supports as $key => $value ) {
 if ( 'editor' === $value ) {
 unset( $supports[ $key ] );
 }
 }

 return $supports;
} );
</code></pre>
<code>external_content_use_external_url</code>
The permalink of external content is, by default, replaced with the post’s according external URL (i.e., post meta). To disable this behavior, just do the following:
<pre><code>/**
 * Filter the usage of the external URL as permalink.
 *
 * @param bool $use_external_url Use the external URL as permalink?
 */
add_filter( 'external_content_use_external_url', '__return_false' );
</code></pre>
<h4>Contribution</h4>
To contribute to this plugin, please see its <a href="https://github.com/tfrommen/external-content" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.
If you have a feature request, or if you have developed the feature already, please feel free to use the Issues and/or Pull Requests section.
Of course, you can also provide me with translations if you would like to use the plugin in another not yet included language.

External Content

This plugin registers a custom post type to handle external content like any other post. The post permalink is replaced by a custom post meta that hol …

Khang Minh

This plugin gives you total control over external links on your website. This plugin also comes with a comprehensive domain filtering feature. BWP External Links is based on the popular Prime Links phpBB mod by Ken F. Innes IV (Prime Halo).
Demo
If you want to see this plugin in action, you can either visit <a href="http://betterwp.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Better WordPress</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.grc.nasa.gov" rel="nofollow ugc">a user’s website</a> (NASA Glenn Research Center’s Website).
Tutorials
Check out this <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-tips/redirect-external-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">redirect external links tutorial</a> for some tips on how to set up a redirection/disclaimer page using BWP External Links.
Some Features
<ul>
<li>Process links for post contents, comment text, text widgets, or the whole page</li>
<li>Domain filtering:
<ul>
<li>You can specify which sub-domains of your website to consider local (all subdomains, no subdomain, or some)</li>
<li>You can specify which external domains to consider local</li>
<li>You can forbid certain external domains (e.g. pron.com or warez.com) and replace URLs linking to them with a URL of choice (useful for filtering links in visitors’ comments)</li>
<li>Wildcard support, e.g. <code>*.example.com</code>, <code>*.subdomain.example.com</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>You can add <code>rel="external"</code>, <code>rel="nofollow"</code> or any custom relation tag you could think of to external links</li>
<li>You can specify CSS classes for both local and external links, as well as external image links</li>
<li>You can use provided CSS rules (an external icon is added to each external link) or define your own</li>
<li>Choose whether or not to open a completely new window for each external link</li>
<li>Choose between three ‘new window’ modes: <code>onclick</code> attribute, <code>target</code> attribute or jQuery</li>
<li>Add a prefix to external links. Example use would be a redirection page that warns your visitors about the danger of visiting external sites, e.g. <code>http://yourdomain.com/out?</code></li>
<li>WordPress Multi-site compatible</li>
<li>And more…</li>
</ul>
It is highly recommended that you give the <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-plugins/bwp-external-links/#usage" rel="nofollow ugc">Official Documentation</a> a good read to make the most out of BWP External Links.
Please don’t forget to rate this plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/bwp-external-links?filter=5" rel="ugc">5 shining stars</a> if you like it, thanks!
Get in touch
<ul>
<li>Support is provided via <a href="http://betterwp.net/community/" rel="nofollow ugc">BetterWP.net Community</a>.</li>
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</ul>
Languages
<ul>
<li>English – default</li>
<li>Danish – Danske (da_DK) – Thanks to <a href="http://runit.nu" rel="nofollow ugc">Randi</a>!</li>
<li>Malaysian (ms_MY) – Thanks to <a href="http://d4rkcry3r.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">d4rkcry3r</a>!</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL) – Thanks to Juliette!</li>
<li>Serbo-Croatian (sr_RS) – Thanks to <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Web Hosting Hub</a>!</li>
</ul>
Please <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-tips/create-pot-file-using-poedit/" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate</a> this plugin!
Visit <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-plugins/bwp-external-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin’s Official Page</a> for more information!

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