Pocket WP WordPress Plugin
Pocket WP allows you to embed your Pocket links into a WordPress page or post via a shortcode or a widget.
Pocket WP connects to the Pocket API and pulls in your latest saved links with tags and excerpts into a WordPress page, post or widget.
Setup
Due to the way Pocket's API works, you need to complete a few steps before you can use the plugin.
Install and activate the plugin.
Create an application on the Pocket Developers website, enter your Consumer Key into the Pocket WP settings page and click Save Changes to start the authorization process.
Click the Get Access Key link to complete the authorization.
Shortcode
The shortcode embeds a list of Pocket links into a page or post.
The basic shortcode is [pocket_links] and it accepts some optional arguments:
count: [any number] // How many lin
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Usage of Pocket WP over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 7 to 4 — down 3 (-42.9%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 4 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 5 | +1 |
| February 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| September 2023 | 4 | -2 |
| August 2023 | 6 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 6 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 7 | — |
Sites running Pocket WP
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