Maintenance 22/1002741d since update
Active installs
600
Downloads
15,680
Reviews
4
Age
8.6y
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Plugin info
Total downloads: 15,680
Active installs: 600
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 6/30/2018 (2741 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/4/2017 (8 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.9.28
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2741 days ago • 4 reviews
22/100
Is WP Link Preview abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 2741 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.7
Tested up to: 4.9.28
Requires PHP: f
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Description
This plugin will add a button to your post/page editor which can be used to generate and embed a link preview for a given URL. The link preview consists of a title, description and image which will result in a similar look as sharing a link on Facebook.
The link preview can also be generated with shortcode: [wplinkpreview url=””]
Installation
- Uncompress the download package
- Upload the folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Installation Instructions
- Uncompress the download package
- Upload the folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
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Changelog
1.4.1
- Remove ‘user-agent’ from HTTP request to fetch preview
1.4
- Fix character encoding issues
- Use ‘og:url’ when possible to display the source URL
- Validate favicon url to ensure its a valid absolute URL
1.3
- Ability to generate link preview using shortcode (ex. [wplinkpreview url=”wordpress.org”])
1.2
- Batch input of URLs to generate links previews for
- Show loading message while link preview is being fetched
1.1
- Remove output of extra HTML when any or all meta data does not exist