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

1. Ensure that you have WordPress installed.
2. Either upload it to your WordPress > Plugins > Add New section for a quick installation and skip to step 4 or extract the WHOIS package.
3. Upload the wp-whois folder to the wp-content/plugins directory.
4. Activate the WHOIS plugin from the ‘Plugins‘ menu in WordPress.
5. Go to Tools > WHOIS to configure the WHOIS plugin.

 

Quick Start Guide

Activation

• Go to ‘Plugins’ in your WordPress dashboard.
• Find the WHOIS plugin and click the ‘Activate’ link.

Configuration

• Go to Tools > WHOIS.
• Read carefully through the settings and select the options that suit you.
• Click Save Configuration.

Two ways to integrate it

Sidebar Widget

• Go to Appearance > Widgets.
• Drag and drop the WHOIS onto your sidebar or choose it from the blocks available.
• Click on it to expand it. Here’s how it looks like.

• Type in a title, e.g., WHOIS Lookup, and decide whether or not you would like the redirect button.
• Click Save.

Post/Page Embedding

To make the plugin appear on a post or page, simply use the below shortcode in the appropriate place:

• Add/edit a post or page as normal.
• Type [whois]
• Publish/Update the post or page.

That’s it, you are done!

 

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