Title: EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content
Author: Eli
Published: <strong>December 3, 2012</strong>
Last modified: December 16, 2017

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# EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content

 By [Eli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scheeeli/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shortcurl.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcurl/)

## Description

Use the shortcode “remote_get” with the parameter “url” to insert the content from
that url into your page or post. You can also use parameters like start and stop(
or end) to parse out a specific part of the content that you wish to display.

Now you can also wrap any content in the “preg_replace” shortcode to manipulate 
it into the desired format. Tricky stuff, but very powerful, if you know what you’re
doing.

Updated December 16th

## Installation

 1. Download and unzip the plugin into your WordPress plugins directory (usually `/
    wp-content/plugins/`).
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress Admin.

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Download and unzip the plugin into your WordPress plugins directory (usually `/
    wp-content/plugins/`).
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress Admin.

  What do I do after I activate the Plugin?

Use the shorcode remote_get with a url parameter on a page or post to bring in external
content.

  What does a example of the shortcode look like?

[remote_get url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcurl/stats/” start='<div class
=”block-content”‘ stop=’!– block-content–‘ length=”-1″ replace=”=’/extend” with=”
=’https://wordpress.org/extend” replace2=”%2Fextend%2F” with2=”http%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.
org%2Fextend%2F”]

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ab871b0c1baea23deec4351743f12e0ca7262d67d57ce4e035d1f881d2551375?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Super!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2681/)󠁿

 [guibmx1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guibmx1/) October 29, 2022

for higher than php7.2 you need to change le last line of /wp-content/plugins/shortcurl/
index.php old: add_action('widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("
SHORTCURL_Widget_Class");')); new: add_action('widgets_init', function(){return 
register_widget("SHORTCURL_Widget_Class");});

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf5ad2a5ade43c2cb954259914bbeb30c09b3ece1d7a5408af21ae756165b400?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[BRILLIANT Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-plugin-319/)󠁿

 [JohnStaples](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnstaples/) April 21, 2019

This is a BRILLIANT plugin! It does exactly what it promises with no muss no fuss!
THANK YOU for this gem!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56a53f69757d04e3403eaad58aed88ef58a99412371dc08f9a20d38cab37635e?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-743/)󠁿

 [truckracing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/truckracing/) September 3, 2016

Very good job , is very useful in my project !

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcurl/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content” is open source software.
The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Eli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scheeeli/)

[Translate “EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortcurl)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 3.17.49

 * Fixed more Undefined index Notices.

#### 3.17.29

 * Fixed multiple Undefined index Notices.

#### 3.16.29

 * Added a Shortcode Widget with pop-out position options.

#### 3.14.34

 * Replaced the SESSION code with the use of GLOBALS for broader compatibilty.

#### 3.14.53

 * Fixed the “with” parameter in to remote_get function to accempt empty string.
 * Decoded HTML Entities in the URL parameter to improve the handling of GET variables
   in the URL String.
 * Improved the error messages by adding what URL triggered the error.

#### 3.04.26

 * Added a shortcode for str_replace simple string manipulation.
 * Added support for arrays in preg_replace shortcode.
 * Added an alternate shortcode for running preg_replace on another shortcode vs.
   on the results of another shortcode.

#### 1.3.03.25

 * Added a shortcode for preg_replace to further manipulate content.

#### 1.3.03.15

 * Fixed error handling on line 71 to report the whole curl error on the admin pages.

#### 1.2.12.06

 * Fixed call to plugin_row_meta.

#### 1.2.12.05

 * Added 24 hour caching to speed up page loads.
 * Added admin_notices if fatching or parsing produces any errors.

#### 1.2.12.01

 * First versions uploaded to WordPress.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.17.49**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcurl/)
 * Tags
 * [curl](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/curl/)[preg_replace](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/preg_replace/)
   [shortcode](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[wp_remote_get](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp_remote_get/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcurl/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Eli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scheeeli/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcurl/)

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