GW Info Box

描述

GW Info Box is a lightweight and practical tool that lets you display information about any plugin hosted on WordPress.org.

Perfect for plugin developers, reviewers, or documentation authors who want to reference plugins dynamically.
This plugin fetches public plugin data from WordPress.org APIs in order to display plugin information in a styled box.

Features

• Display plugin name, author, version, last updated, downloads, rating, icon and description
• Lightweight and fast – no settings, just use the shortcode
• Automatically pulls real-time data from WordPress.org
• Admin help page under Tools > GW Info Box

Usage

Use the shortcode:

[gw_info_box slug=”your-plugin-slug” icon=”true”]

External services

This plugin connects to the official WordPress.org API to retrieve public plugin data such as name, version, author, ratings, download count, and other details.

The following external services are used:

1. WordPress.org Plugin Information API

   • Purpose: To retrieve details about any WordPress.org plugin (e.g. name, version, author, last updated, rating).
   • Data sent: The plugin slug entered in the shortcode is sent to the API.
   • When: Every time the shortcode is loaded on the frontend.
   • Service URL: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/
   • Privacy Policy
   • Terms of Service

2. WordPress.org Plugin Download Stats API

   • Purpose: To retrieve download statistics for the specified plugin.
   • Data sent: The plugin slug entered in the shortcode is sent to the API.
   • When: Every time the shortcode is loaded on the frontend.
   • Service URL: https://api.wordpress.org/stats/plugin/1.0/
   • Privacy Policy
   • Terms of Service