PAPII – Plugin API Infos

Ever wanted to display some plugin’s informations on your website ? But you didn’t want to hard code it. PAPII is designed for this. Just use the [papii] shortcode to display informations from the official page.

1. Extract the plugin folder from the downloaded ZIP file.
2. Upload BAW Papii folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
3. Activate the plugin from the “Plugins” page in your Dashboard.
4. Go to settings !

• How to use it ?

  Use this shortcode [papii] with this properties: plugin, info, cache. Example : [papii plugin=”baw-autoshortener” info=”version” cache=”48″] This code will show the version for baw-autoshortener plugin and store this data 48h.

• I need to retrieve all informations, what are they ?

  You have : name, slug, version, author, author_profile, contributors, requires, tested, rating, num_ratings, downloaded, last_updated, added, homepage, description, installation, screenshots, changelog, faq, short_description, description, download_link, tags Compatibility property is not included.

• Ok, so i need a full example

  Use it first in your post like this: [papii plugin=”baw-autoshortener” cache=”24″] Then you can add this for example : Download the version [papii info=”version” plugin=”baw-autoshortener” cache=”24″] for plugin [papii info=”name” plugin=”baw-autoshortener” cache=”24″] (downloaded [papii info=”downloaded” plugin=”baw-autoshortener” cache=”24″] times), here: [papii info=”download_link” plugin=”baw-autoshortener” cache=”24″] This is a good way to implement this in a theme with do_shortcode 😉

• How can i get plugins from a WP.org profile ?

  Use the same shortcode like this: [papii profile=”juliobox” info=”homemade”/] you can even add in the shortcode content more shortcodes, see the plugin URI for some advanced examples.

• I’m developper, what can i do more?

  You can ask in a theme/plugin for “tags_raw”, “contributors_raw” or “sections” and format it like you want.

1. 

   Demo for this plugin using kind of the example in FAQ

1.6

• 09 jun 2014
• Change the way to retreive informations, more WP style
• Add the possibility to get plugins from a WP.org profile, homemade plugins or favorite ones, see FAQ

1.5.3

• 10 may 2013
• Fix a bug when you try to get informations from a non existent plugin

1.5.2

• 02 may 2013
• Filter added to shortcut the repository call, filter named “papii-“.$plugin ($plugin comming from the “plugin” shortcode’s prop)

1.5.1

• 23 apr 2013
• Little bug fix, sorry

1.5

• 23 apr 2013
• Better code again, avoid warning on cast or not serialized data
• Can return “sections” as serialized data

1.4

• 23 apr 2013
• Stop using XML and parsing, go .php !
• Better and shorter code again

1.3

• 22 apr 2013
• Remove the baw-papii_settings shortcode, useless
• Remove the “sep” value
• Added a “papii” shortcode, same as “baw_papii”
• Cache improved, one call per plugin, not per information, my bad!
• Added a function from my friend Greg to parse and cache full XML, thanks!

1.2

• 26 aug 2011
• First Release