Title: AppStore Lookup for WordPress
Author: Adam D
Published: <strong>ମଇ 12, 2013</strong>
Last modified: ଫେବୃୟାରୀ 9, 2017

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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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# AppStore Lookup for WordPress

 By [Adam D](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamdionne/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/appstore-lookup.1.5.1.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/appstore-lookup/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/appstore-lookup/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/appstore-lookup/)

## Description

The AppStore Lookup is a simple WordPress plugin that provides shortcodes for querying
Apple’s Lookup API to get app data from iTunes or the Mac AppStore. You can modify
it as you wish, or use the built-in options to make it fit the needs of your site.

Features:

 * Lookup and display data from Mac App Store and iPhone/iPad App Store
 * Display App icons
 * Display App screenshots
 * Up-to-date app ratings information
 * Add Smart App Banners for iOS mobile Safari
 * Use your Linkshare ID for download links and Smart App Banners

[Support](http://adamdionne.com)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Options Screen
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 * Shortcodes list from Settings Menu

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Start using the shortcodes anywhere in a post or page. Detailed shortcode info 
    can be found on the Plugin Settings page. For more information on how to use short
    codes in your posts or templates, check out the [WordPress Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode).

## FAQ

  Where does the data come from?

The plugin uses the Apple Lookup API, information about which is found here: http://
www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-
search-api.html#lookup

  I found a bug or I have an idea for a feature that would be great.

Get in touch via twitter [@AdamDionne](http://www.twitter.com/AdamDionne) or [my website](http://www.adamdionne.com)
and I can help. Probably.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“AppStore Lookup for WordPress” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Adam D ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamdionne/)

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.5.1

 * Fixes to documentation. Updated plugin to reflect that this has been tested on
   latest WordPress.

#### 1.5

 * At long last, removed Timthumb. This should not be used by anyone anymore due
   to some dangerous exploits.

#### 1.4.1

 * Fixes a bug where the default icon size was being determined from the setting
   for screenshot width.

#### 1.4

 * There is now a default icon that will be shown when the app id is not found in
   the store (or when one is not passed by you to the plugin). Screenshots use placeholder
   kittens so that the package does not have a ton of included art, but I can update
   that later if that’s a thing people want.
 * Beginning of localization/internationalization support, but since I’ve never 
   done this, I’m not confident it’s ready quite yet.

#### 1.3.2

 * Now with silent error handling. When an appId is not found, it will continue 
   loading the page without the appropriate content instead of using wp_die.

#### 1.3.1

 * Fixed bug with cache folder creation that would throw errors up all over the 
   place

#### 1.3

 * Added local caching of JSON API data.
 * Added feature to choose duration of JSON cache.
 * Added ability to select default store for lookup data.
 * Added optional link parameter to asl_seller to allow user to link to seller’s
   website.
 * App Smart Banner support chooses not to show iPad apps to iPhone/iPod users, 
   because that’s just mean.
 * Fixed a bug where choosing not to link the SellerName displayed the URL and not
   the name. Which was in there because I’m stupid.

#### 1.2

Now that we can establish if posts/pages are about a single app using custom field
appId, we will automatically add a smart banner to that post for Safari mobile. 
If Linkshare is present in options, it adds that. No short code required.

#### 1.1

For posts about a single app, the user can now set a post attribute called appId
with the value of the AppStore ID. This will eliminate the need to place the id 
parameter in all short codes, which sure is easier than copy+pasting it every time.

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5.1**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/appstore-lookup/)
 * Tags
 * [appstore](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/appstore/)[ipad](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ipad/)
   [iphone](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/iphone/)[itunes](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/itunes/)
   [mac](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mac/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/appstore-lookup/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Adam D ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamdionne/)

## Support

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