Popis
VSForge Stock Market Widgets Lite lets you embed real-time stock quotes anywhere on your WordPress site using a simple shortcode or the built-in Gutenberg block. Bring your own free Finnhub API key — no subscription required.
Five display layouts
- Single Card — one symbol as a prominent price card
- Sparkline — price card with a 30-day trend mini-chart
- Horizontal Ticker — all symbols in a classic scrollable ticker band (static or auto-scroll)
- Vertical List — financial-table style with logo, name, price and change columns
- Card Grid — responsive grid of individual price cards
Key features
- Powered by the Finnhub free API (60 requests/minute) — get a free key
- Optional company logos via the free API Ninjas logo endpoint
- Dark theme support — toggle globally or per widget
- Shortcode
[vsforge_smw_ticker]with per-widget overrides for layout, symbols, display, scroll and theme - Native Gutenberg block with live preview in the editor
- Translations included for English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Russian
- Lightweight — no jQuery dependency, vanilla JS only
- Results cached with WordPress transients (5 min for quotes, 1 h for sparklines, 7 days for logos)
Shortcode examples
[vsforge_smw_ticker]
Uses the symbols and layout configured in Settings Stock Market Widgets.
[vsforge_smw_ticker symbols="AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL,TSLA"]
Override the symbols for this widget only.
[vsforge_smw_ticker layout="grid" symbols="AAPL,MSFT,AMZN,GOOGL,META,TSLA"]
Card grid with custom symbols.
[vsforge_smw_ticker layout="sparkline" symbols="AAPL"]
Sparkline card for a single symbol.
[vsforge_smw_ticker layout="horizontal" scroll="auto" dark="1"]
Auto-scrolling horizontal ticker with dark theme.
Privacy
This plugin makes server-side requests to the following external services. No personal data is transmitted.
- finnhub.io — real-time stock quotes (required). Privacy Policy
- api.api-ninjas.com — company logos (optional, only if an API Ninjas key is configured). Privacy Policy
- query1.finance.yahoo.com — historical closing prices for the Sparkline layout (no key required). Privacy Policy
Snímky obrazovky
Bloky
Tento plugin poskytuje 1 blok.
- Stock Market Ticker Display live stock quotes in a ticker widget.
Instalace
- Upload the
vsforge-stock-market-widgets-litefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install directly through the WordPress Plugins screen. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- Go to Settings Stock Market Widgets and enter your free Finnhub API key.
- Optionally enter a free API Ninjas key to enable company logos.
- Add the
[vsforge_smw_ticker]shortcode to any post or page, or insert the Stock Market Ticker block in the Gutenberg editor.
Nejčastější dotazy
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Do I need a paid API plan?
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No. Both Finnhub and API Ninjas offer free tiers that are sufficient for normal usage. Finnhub’s free plan allows 60 API requests per minute.
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How do I get a Finnhub API key?
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Register for free at finnhub.io/register. After registration, copy your API key from the dashboard and paste it into Settings Stock Market Widgets Finnhub API Key.
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Where do I get a logo API key?
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Register for free at api-ninjas.com/register. Logos are optional — the plugin works without them.
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Can I display multiple widgets with different layouts on the same page?
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Yes. Each shortcode instance can have its own
layout,symbols,scroll, anddarkattributes, overriding the global defaults. -
Which stock exchanges are supported?
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Any symbol supported by Finnhub — US stocks (NYSE, NASDAQ), major international exchanges, forex and crypto pairs (e.g.
BINANCE:BTCUSDT). Refer to the Finnhub symbol search for details. -
How often are prices updated?
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Quotes are cached for 5 minutes. Refreshing the page or the AJAX call after the cache expires fetches fresh data from Finnhub.
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Is the plugin compatible with page caching plugins?
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Yes. Price data is fetched via AJAX after page load, so full-page caches do not affect quote freshness.
Recenze
Pro tento plugin nejsou žádné recenze.
Autoři
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Přehled změn
0.1.0
- Initial release.
- Five layouts: single card, sparkline, horizontal ticker, vertical list, card grid.
- Finnhub API integration with transient caching.
- Optional company logos via API Ninjas.
- Dark theme support.
- Gutenberg block with live editor preview.
- Translations: es_ES, fr_FR, de_DE, pt_BR, ja, ru_RU.