iTunes Shortcode is a WordPress Plugin, which allows you to present always up-to-date information about iTunes Store products (Mac and iOS App Store Apps, iBook Store Ebooks and iTunes Music Store Albums/Songs – more is coming soon) in posts in a simple and elegant way and to earn money in the iTunes Affiliate Program.
THE LONG-AWAITED UPDATE IS AVAILABLE!
Version 1.4 adds a [toplist] shortcode to automatically generate a top free/paid/grossing lists of iOS & OS X apps, ebooks, songs and music albums.
Version 1.4.1 adds a new parameter “price” for [appstore] and [ibookstore] shortcodes – now you can manually add old price for product that already has a reduced price and you add it the first time to your website.
Data presentation
The plugin offers three ways to present data:
1. Large box (default)
perfect at the end of app/ebook review:
2. Clickable product name with price
great to create a list of apps/ebooks:
3. Clickable product price
always up to date, to be placed anywhere in the text:
You can download this app for $3.99.
All the options you see are the same for an ebooks.
Top lists
iTunes Shortcode can automatically generate a top free/paid/grossing lists of iOS & OS X apps, ebooks, songs and music albums. You can create Wordpress static page, put in a simple shortcode and show your visitors always up to date top lists of iTunes products.
You can also generate text-only list with clickable product names and prices.
Price drops
Our plugin has also one more great advantage – it shows when the app/ebbok is available at a discounted price! Just take a look:
This is possible because the plugin stores data about apps/ebooks and refreshes them in the time interval set by you. It also helps to reduce the number of queries to the Apple servers.
QR codes
QR codes are an awesome method to open quickly any link on your smartphone. Why not use it to conveniently download iOS apps directly on the iPhone, when we read about them on a computer?
Just scan and enjoy – it’s so easy!
Screenshots gallery
Custom CSS
We tried to make our plugin the most universal and independent of the used template. Of course, this is not always possible and sometimes a minor appearance changing may be necessary (like font size, button colors etc.). You can do it in the settings page, adding your own CSS rules.
Features
- three ways of presenting data
- automatically generate top free/paid/grossing list of iTunes products
- iTunes Affiliate Program support (PHG)
- showing information about price reductions
- QR codes
- custom CSS
- responsive
- ready for translation (.po files)
- data caching (reducing the number of connections to iTunes lookup)
- support for soft-launched apps (when they is available only in selected countries)
Version History
IMPORTANT! Before the update, make a backup of the current plugin version (directory: wp-content/plugins/itunes-shortcode).
After update to 1.4 version visit the plugin settings page and check you have activate FancyBox.
Version 1.4.2:
- important update for iTunes Affiliate Program users
Version 1.4.1:
- new parameter "price" for [appstore] and [ibookstore] shortcodes – now you can manually add old price for product that already has a reduced price and you add it the first time to your website
Version 1.4:
- adds [toplist] shortcode
- new option in the config panel – product title lenght
- small improvements for Chinese, Japanese and similar languages
- now all js scripts are loaded on end of a footer
Version 1.3:
- adds descriptions and screenshots gallery for applications
- adds descriptions for e-books
- resolves a problem with fatal error visibles sometimes at bottom of post page
Version 1.2:
- support for Albums/Songs from iTunes Music Store
- shows the list of music album tracks
- new option in the config panel – date style (yyyy-mm-dd or dd-mm-yyyy)
- security amendment
- adds ability to translate 'FREE' text
Version 1.1:
- support for iBook Store Ebooks
- update notifications – starting from this version you will see an update notification on the Wordpress wp-admin, when a new version of the plugin will available
- new settings panel based on Redux Framework
- resolves a problem with QR code position
- changes location of some files (css, js)
Coming soon
- automatically generated list of producst (top free, top paid)
- support for Videos/Films from iTunes Store
If you have any pre-sale questions or suggestions for additiotal functionality, post a comment.
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