WordPress WHOIS plugin
Description
The WordPress WHOIS plugin allows you to insert a tag into any WordPress post or page to generate a WHOIS search form for your users to get information on domain names with different TLDs. The plugin also supports sidebar widgets which will simply output Registered or Available depending on the domain status.
System Recommendations
- WordPress 2.9 or higher
- PHP 4.2 or higher
- MySQL 4 or higher
Installation
- Ensure that you have WordPress installed.
- Unzip the WHOIS package
- Rename the “
wordpress-whois-search” folder to “wp-whois“ - Upload the “
wp-whois” folder to the “wp-content/plugins” directory - Activate the WHOIS plugin from the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to ‘Tools’ > ‘WHOIS’ to configure the WHOIS plugin
Quick Start Guide
Activation
- Go to ‘Plugins’ in your WordPress dashboard.
- Go to Lightbox and click the ‘Activate’ link.
Configuration
- The menu item ‘WHOIS’ will appear in your Tasks menu.
- Go to WHOIS.
- Read carefully through the settings and select the options that suit you.
- Click save Configuration.
Intergration
Sidebar Widget
- Go to Appearance>Widgets.
- Drag and drop the WHOIS into your sidebar.
- A drop down will open up for the plugin.
- Type in a title i.e. WHOIS
- Click Save
Post/Page Embedding
- To make the plugin appear on a post or page simply use a short code (ie. [] )in the appropriate place
- Add/edit a post page as normal
- Type
[whois] - Post/Update the post or page
That’s it you are done!
Customer Login