World Market Quotes


Forex Rates


4 December 2007 - 12:17Wordpress Plugin: International Ticker

Plugin Name: BestWayToInvest International Ticker
Version: 1.1
Plugin URI: http://www.bestwaytoinvest.com/blog/plugin-market-quotes/
Author: Bestwaytoinvest.com - Anthony & Ian
Last Updated: 12/04/07
Download: [ zip ]
Description: The BestWayToInvest.com International Stock Ticker is a WordPress plug-in that places a stock ticker in the sidebar. By default, some prominent international equities and indices are listed, but the tool can be customized to include any stocks you would like.
Usage Notes

Add <?php display_ticker(); ?> to your theme wherever you would like the quotes to be displayed. Sidebar.php is recommended, but anywhere will work.

Installation
1. Download and extract the bwxticker.zip into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. There are several ways to do this, here is one option:
open a shell, cd into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory and execute the following command(s):
curl -o bwxticker.zip http://www.bestwaytoinvest.com/blog/bwti_plugins/bwxticker.zip && unzip bwxticker.zip && rm bwxticker.zip
2. Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin ‘Plugins’ page.
3. Add the following line to your theme where you would like the quotes to be displayed: <?php display_ticker(); ?>

 

Features:

Stocks

  • Displays stock quotes for international tickers chosen in the options page
  • Can display random quotes from a set of chosen tickers
  • Links to additional reader-chosen stock quotes

Forex Rates

  • Displays popular international exchange rates
  • Links to charts and research on currency pairs

Release Log:

* Mar 21 2008: v1.1

  • Fixed Forex Rates
  • Added fallback support to forex rates (if the data feed for one of the rates goes down, the others will continue to work)

* Dec 4 2007 : v1.0 - First Release

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