WP-Appbox

With WP-Appbox you can add beautiful mobile app badges to your WordPress posts and pages simply by adding a shortcode. WP-Appbox supports the following app stores:

Apps & Software:
* Amazon App Shop
* Apple App Store
* F-Droid
* Google Play Store
* Huawei AppGallery (highly experimental!)
* Microsoft Store
* Snapcraft
* WordPress-Plugins

Browser Extensions:
* Chrome Web Store
* Microsoft Edge-Add-ons
* Firefox Add-ons
* Opera Add-ons

Games:
* GOG.com (Good Old Games)
* Steam (only single games)

Usage of the shortcode

All stores are integrated in a short code and can be inserted via button in the WordPress editor. The structure of the short code is always the following:

[appbox storename app-id style]

The order does not matter – as long as “appbox” is on the front. The blind names are: amazonapps, appstore, chromewebstore, fdroid, firefoxaddon, firefoxmarketplace, goodoldgames, googleplay, operaaddons, steam, windowsstore and wordpress. How to get the ID of the corresponding apps is illustrated in the settings for WP-Appbox. The default format is “simple”, alternatively there is also an ad with “compact”, “screenshots” and “screenshots-only”.

There is another special feature for the App Store: With Universal Apps you can decide whether you want to get screenshots of the iPhone, iPad and the Watch App, or for example only of the iPhone, only of the iPad or only of the Watch App. All you need to do is simply attach a “-iphone”, “-ipad” or “-watch” to the ID of the app. Example: 392502056-ipad.

By the way, the special feature is also available for the Windows Store: Here, too, only the mobile screenshots or those of the desktop version can be displayed. All you have to do is attach a “-mobile” or “-desktop” to the App-ID. Example: 392502056-mobile.

Further Features

• Display a QR code with MouseOver
• Adaptation to mobile devices with smaller displays
• Adaptation to the feed output
• Caching of data for performance purposes
• Use of the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program via Impact
• Use of user-specific Affiliate IDs
• Fully customizable via HTML and CSS

Requirements

• PHP min. 5.3
• WordPress min. 3.4
• Server with allow_url_fopen, cURL (curl_init and curl_exec) and mb_eregi enabled
• Outgoing requests must be allowed

Support

Support requests and problems should ideally be reported directly on the Blog or even better via Mastodon. I can’t promise a quick solution for every problem, but I try to solve every problem. 😉

Author

• tchgdns.de
• marcelismus.de
• Mastodon

Logo

The logo of the WP-Appbox comes from Till, to whom I am deeply indebted. \o/