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.

Johan van der Wijk

The <a href="http://www.vanderwijk.com/wordpress/wordpress-custom-post-widget/?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=custom_post_widget" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Blocks</a> allows you to display the contents of a specific custom post in a widget on in the content area using a shortcode.
Even though you could use the text widget that comes with the default WordPress install, this plugin has some major benefits:
<ul>
<li>The Content Blocks plugin enables users to use the WYSIWYG editor for editing the content and adding images.</li>
<li>If you are using the standard WordPress text widgets to display content on various areas of your template, this content can only be edited by users with administrator access. If you would like non-administrator accounts to modify the widget content, you can use this plugin to provide them access to the custom posts that provide the content for the widget areas.</li>
<li>You can even use the featured image functionality to display them in a widget.</li>
<li>The Content Blocks plugin is compatible with the WPML Multi-Language plugin and automatically shows the correct language in the widget area.</li>
<li>The Content Blocks can be included in posts and pages using the built-in shortcode functionality.</li>
</ul>
This plugin creates a ‘content_block’ custom post type. You can choose to either display the title on the page or use it to describe the contents and widget position of the content block. Note that these content blocks can only be displayed in the context of the page. I have added ‘public’ => false to the custom post type which means that it is not accessible outside the page context.
To add content to a widget, drag it to the required position in the sidebar and select the title of the custom post in the widget configuration.
Includes the following translations:
<ul>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE) by <a href="http://krokedil.se" rel="nofollow ugc">Andreas Larsson</a></li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES) by <a href="https://www.ibidemgroup.com" rel="nofollow ugc">IBIDEM GROUP</a></li>
<li>Portuguese (pt_BR) by Ronaldo Chevalier</li>
<li>Polish (pl_PL) by Kuba Skublicki</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL) by <a href="https://vanderwijk.nl" rel="nofollow ugc">Johan van der Wijk</a></li>
<li>Czech (cs_CZ) by <a href="http://jsemweb.cz/" rel="nofollow ugc">Martin Kucera</a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-post-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">More translations are very welcome!</a>

Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)

I was looking for something like this that goes perfectly with page builder based on widgets. Easy to use, simple and gets the job done.

Simple and effective

This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode.

Giveaway of the Day Shortcode vs Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)