WordPress WHOIS plugin
Description
The WordPress WHOIS plugin allows you to insert a tag into any WordPress post or page to generate a WHOIS search form for your users to get information on domain names with different TLDs. The plugin also supports sidebar widgets which will simply output Registered or Available depending on the domain status.
System Recommendations
- WordPress 3.2 or higher
- PHP 4.2 or higher
- fsockopen() on port 43
- MySQL 4 or higher
Installation
- Ensure that you have WordPress installed.
- Either upload it to your WordPress > Plugins > Add New section for a quick installation and skip to step 5 or extract the WHOIS package.
- Rename the
wordpress-whois-search
folder towp-whois
. - Upload the
wp-whois
folder to thewp-content/plugins
directory. - Activate the WHOIS plugin from the ‘Plugins‘ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Tools > WHOIS to configure the WHOIS plugin.
Quick Start Guide
Activation
- Go to ‘Plugins’ in your WordPress dashboard.
- Go to WHOIS plugin and click the ‘Activate’ link.
Configuration
- The menu, under ‘Tools‘ the item ‘WHOIS’ will appear.
- Go to Tools > WHOIS.
- Read carefully through the settings and select the options that suit you.
- Click Save Configuration.
Intergration
Sidebar Widget
- Go to Appearance > Widgets.
- Drag and drop the WHOIS into your sidebar.
- A drop down will open up for the plugin.
- Type in a title i.e. WHOIS
- Click Save
Post/Page Embedding
- To make the plugin appear on a post or page simply use a shortcode in the appropriate place.
- Add/edit a post page as normal.
- Type
[whois]
- Publish/Update the post or page.
That’s it you are done!
Usage
Release Notes
- v1.4.2.7 - January 24, 2021
- v1.4.2.5 - January 23, 2020
- v1.4.2.4 - January 30, 2012
- v1.4.2.3 - January 3, 2012
- v1.4.2.2 - January 3, 2012
- v1.4.2 - July 20, 2011
- v1.1.5 - February 24, 2009
- v1.2 - February 25, 2009
- v1.2.5 - March 13, 2009
- v1.3.1 - March 18, 2009
- v1.3.2 - September 24, 2009
- v1.3.3 - September 28, 2009
- v1.3.7 - December 20, 2009
- v1.4 - May 3, 2010
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