Title: Quick Whois
Author: FasterThemes
Published: <strong>April 21, 2014</strong>
Last modified: June 2, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Quick Whois

 By [FasterThemes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fasterthemes/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/quick-whois.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-whois/)

## Description

Quick Whois WordPress Plugin Shows whois information of the provided domain name.
You can use Widget in the sidebar or you can also use Shortcode in the pages/posts.

[DEMO of Quick Whois plugin](http://whois.fasterthemes.com/)

Features:

 * You can use this plugin in your sidebar by dragging and dropping “Quick Whois”
   Widget.
 * You can use this in any specific page/post by putting shortcode [quick_whois].
 * This plugin converts your website into a whois data provider website in a few
   seconds !

### License and Copyrights for Resources used in this plugin

i) We have used phpwhois.org php script from this website http://www.phpwhois.org
Copyright which is a free software and we are allowed to redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.

    ```
    For any help you can mail us at support[at]fasterthemes.com
    ```

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * screenshot-1.png shows how the input box will look on your website.
 * [[
 * screenshot-2.png shows how the result will be shown after you hit “GET DATA” 
   button.
 * [[
 * screenshot-3.png shows how the result will be shown after you hit “GET DATA” 
   button and domain name is not registered.
 * [[
 * screenshot-4.png shows how the widget will appear after you install the plugin.

## Installation

 1. Upload plugin file through the WordPress interface.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Appearance -> Widgets and you’ll see “Quick Whois” Widget. You can drag and
    drop that into your sidebar
     or you can use short code [quick_whois] on a page/
    post.

## FAQ

Q.1 : Can I check .co.in or other country TLDs.

Answer : Yes. You can !

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Quick Whois” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ FasterThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fasterthemes/)

[Translate “Quick Whois” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/quick-whois)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-whois/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/quick-whois/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-whois/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-whois/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * created
 * verified compatibility with 3.9

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/)
 * Tags
 * [domains](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/domains/)[whois](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/whois/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-whois/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ FasterThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fasterthemes/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-whois/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://whois.fasterthemes.com/)