Paulo R. Ribeiro

This plug-in enables the addition of <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/?gp=1380445673" title="Giveaway of the Day" rel="nofollow ugc">Giveawayoftheday.com</a> software giveaways in your WordPress blog with just a simple shortcode.
This is my first WordPress plug-in, made basically to simplify the edition of my <a href="http://www.falarcompaulo.com.br/" title="Paulo R. Ribeiro - Prestador Aut?nomo de Servi?os de Inform?tica" rel="nofollow ugc">site</a> front page, and since it became quite a nice plug-in, I decided to share it, hoping it will be useful to somebody else.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>100% compatible with localization – translate it into your own language.</li>
<li>If you are a member of the Partner Program you can use your own Partner ID.</li>
<li>Choose between the 12 language options provided by the Giveaway Feed Service.</li>
<li>Comes with 7 pre-defined colors for the download button match your site template.</li>
<li>If none of the pre-defined colors suits your needs, you can create a custom color.</li>
<li>If your template already have a download button style, you can reuse it’s CSS class name.</li>
<li>If none of the color options above are enough, you can use the CSS editor (with syntax hightlight and autocomplete function) to customize every style aspect of the plug-in generated code.</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Special Thanks</h4>
My wife, who is my inspiration.
<h3>Shotcode Usage</h3>
<h4>Main Shortcode</h4>
[giveawayoftheday] and [gaotd]
<ul>
<li>Use the shortcode without parameters to insert all the relevant information about the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: Both shortcodes accepts the same parameters listed below.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Giveaway Sample</h4>
To make things easier to understand, let’s assume that the software being given away is the My Awesome Software which requires Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (x64/x86); 1GB RAM/Pentium D or above, is developed by My Software Company that normally sells it for $199.95, has a download file size of 132.45 MB and can be downloaded for free for the next 14 hours and 37 minutes.
<h4>Shortcode Options</h4>
[gaotd data=”title”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the software name of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
My Awesome Software</li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”content”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the full description about the current software giveaway, may include html tags.</li>
<li>Sample output:</li>
</ul>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
<pre><code>Duis aute irure dolor in <a href="sample url">reprehenderit in voluptate velit</a> esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 
</code></pre>
[gaotd data=”excerpt”]
<ul>
<li>Insert excerpted description about the current software giveaway, in plain text.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam eget ligula eu lectus lobortis condimentum. Aliquam nonummy auctor massa. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Nulla at risus. Quisque purus magna, auctor et, sagittis ac, posuere eu, lectus. Nam mattis, felis ut adipiscing. </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”publisher”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the publisher name of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 My Software Company </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”sysreq”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the system requirements of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (x64/x86); 1GB RAM/Pentium D or above. </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”size”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the download file size of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 132.45 MB </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”price”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the regular software price of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 $199.95 </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”days”] and [gaotd data=”hours”] and [gaotd data=”minutes”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the number of <code>days</code> or <code>hours</code> or <code>minutes</code> left until the end of the software giveaway, depending on the supplied parameter.</li>
<li>Note: The giveaways timespan are usualy set to 24 hours, which means that the parameter “days” will almost always return zero, this is why I strongly recomend you to use the <code>timeleft</code> parameter to get the giveaway remaining time instead.</li>
<li>Sample output for <code>[gaotd data="minutes"]</code>: 
 37 </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”timeleft”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the remaining time left for the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 14 hours and 37 minutes </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”downloadlink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]
<ul>
<li>Insert the download link for the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: Parameter <code>class</code> if not specified will be filled according to color configuration.</li>
<li>Note: Parameter <code>target</code> if not specified will be filled with the default value <code>_self</code>.</li>
<li>
Sample output: 
 <a>Download</a>
</li>
<li>
You can also insert the shortcode around text to customize the download link text.
</li>
<li>Sample output for <code>[gaotd data="downloadlink"]My Download Text[/gaotd]</code>: 
 <a>My Download Text</a> </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”downloadmirror1″ class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]
<ul>
<li>Insert the download link mirror 1 for the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: The <code>downloadmirror1</code> option accepts the same parameters as <code>downloadlink</code> option.</li>
<li>Obs: The XML field <code>downloadmirror1</code> usualy contains the same value as <code>downloadlink</code>.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 <a>Download (mirror 1)</a> </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”downloadmirror2″ class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]
<ul>
<li>Insert the download link mirror 2 for the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: The <code>downloadmirror2</code> option accepts the same parameters as <code>downloadlink</code> option.</li>
<li>Obs: The XML field <code>downloadmirror2</code> usualy is not used in giveaways and was included just for conveniency.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 <a>Download (mirror 2)</a> </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”giveawaylink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]
<ul>
<li>Insert the link for the current software giveaway on the giveaway page.</li>
<li>Note: The <code>giveawaylink</code> option accepts the same parameters as <code>downloadlink</code> option.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 <a>Read more at the promotion page.</a> </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”publisherlink” class=”optional-class” target=”optional-target]
<ul>
<li>Insert the link for the publisher of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: The <code>giveawaylink</code> option accepts the same parameters as <code>downloadlink</code> option.</li>
<li>Sample output: 
 <a>My Software Company.</a> </li>
</ul>
[gaotd data=”screenshot” alt=”optional alt text” class=”optional-class” title=”optional title”]
<ul>
<li>Insert the screenshot of the current software giveaway.</li>
<li>Note: Parameters <code>alt</code> and <code>title</code> if not specified, will be filled with the software title.</li>
<li>Note: Parameter <code>class</code> if not specified, will be empty.</li>
<li>Sample output:
 </li>
</ul>

Giveaway of the Day Shortcode

This plug-in enables the addition of Giveawayoftheday.com software giveaways in your WordPress blog with just a simple shortcode.

anmari

Insert a widget or multiple widgets or a entire widget area (sidebar) into a page using a shortcode.
Set up your widget first in a normal sidebar. Check it works. 
THEN Drag your chosen widgets to the sidebar called “widgets for shortcode”.
Add the do_widget shortcode to the page where you would like the widget to appear (or the do_widget_area)
To use in the block editor, add a shortcode block, then type in (including the square brackets [do_widget widgetname] or copy the do_widget tip from the widget in the ‘Widgets for Shortcodes’ sidebar.
Please see detailed info on shortcodes and parameters under the installation tab (depending what the plugin directory developers have most recently done, this may be under the FAQ, or at the very least under the readme.)
Using a widget more than once?
Reference a specific widget instance from the do_widget shortcode, or the chosen sidebar from the do_widget_area shortcode. Eg: [do_widget id=widget-n]
For example: You could use the query posts widget in the page to create a archive within a page, or the rss widget to list feed content from other sites. For more details see <a href="http://webdesign.anmari.com/category/plugins/shortcode-any-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">anmari.com</a>
The plugins default action is that it will magically find the settings for your themes sidebar and use the sidebar html to control the widgets output. In most cases this means the widget will be styled as per the rest of your theme. If that does not look good, parameters exist to try override this behaviour.
EG: in twenty-fourteen theme widget text ends up being white on white! widget_classes=none fixes that. Eg: [do_widget widget_classes=none yourwidget]
Changed your theme and worried about losing the sidebar settings ?
No problem, the plugin will save and restore the widgets_for_shortcode settings. On display it will then pick up the new themes sidebar settings.
Note:
PLEASE get your widgets working in a sidebar BEFORE activating this plugin, and please read https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/installation/ and https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/faq/ and/or see the settings page. To see a list of your widgets in their sidebars, add ?do_widget_debug to the page with the do_widget shortcode.

amr shortcode any widget

This tool works flawlessly. I was wondering about this kind of solution for a long. Thanks for creating this. I'll prepare a tutorial on it.

Great Life Saving Tool

Insert a widget or multiple widgets or a entire widget area (sidebar) into a page using a shortcode.

Giveaway of the Day Shortcode vs amr shortcode any widget