Hosted Content Importer (HCI)

Includes a third-party content within WordPress blogs.

This plugin is a for a solution to a specific problem. WordPress developers should expand the $processor->fetch() interface to make it work for their application.

Built On, using

• WordPress: Version 4.9.8
• MariaDB Version 10.1.35-MariaDB
• PHP: Version 7.3.5
• Apache: Version: 2.4.34

Others

• Gist - for embedding gist snippets
• JotForm - for embedding web forms
• Parsedown - for rendering .md files

Experimental Work

It is an experimental and proof-of-concept work. It may not suit your purpose, by its nature.

Usage examples

• [third source="PROCESSOR" id="ID/URL" section="" cache="true|false"]

Parameters

• source: is a content fetcher and processor type that knows from where to seek the data (eg. Content Hosting Server). Examples:
  • markdown
  • wikipedia (todo)
  • database (todo)
  • url/api (todo)
  • file
  • ...
• id is a URL or unique identifier given by the third parties.
• section is an optional parameter to identify the particular deep section of the content.
• cache is a boolean directive whether to reuse the cached content.

Implemented sources

• [third source="analytics" id="UA-00000000-0" section=""]
• [third source="database" id="0" section="0"] - partially developed, left for developers
• [third source="file" id="/tmp/static.txt" section=""] - Do NOT use on shared servers
• [third source="gist" id="0000000000" section="file.php"]
• [third source="jotform" id="0000000000" section=""]
• [third source="markdown" id="https://.../readme.md" section=""]
• [third source="youtube" id="v0000000000" section=""]
• [third source="qr" id="" section="internal"]

Work|Concepts in Progress

The list below is a concept only and is not implemented.

• [third source="api" id="0" section="0"]
• [third source="url" id="0" section="0"]
• [third source="wikipedia" id="PHP" section="Security"]
• [third source="wikipedia" id="At_sign" section="Programming"]

Dependency

• Uses Parsedown to mark down the HTML output.

Deployment

• Published publicly as a WordPress Plugin: HCI.
• View SVN Repository for WordPress.
• Active development takes in GitHub only.
• Built using Notepad++, NetBeans, and PHPStorm.