Embedding in a theme file (PHP code)

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Hi there,
I would recommend you use the WordPressw do_shortcode function to parse a string with a shortcode defined in it and return the resultant string from my plugin. See: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/do_shortcode/

This would be preferable to calling php functions/classes defined within my plugin directly. As the underlying code in my plugin may change over time, whereas the shortcode syntax being a public interface will remain fixed and be maintained long term.

Does that make sense? Does that work for you?
Regards,
Arthur.

Hi Arthur, thanks for getting back to me.
I think your solution would work, BUT it turns out that what I was trying to achieve doesn’t work, anyway.

Here’s the scenario:
I have a website that creates posts automatically from an eBay feed. What I was trying to do was use one of your widgets on the single post page to automatically display related ebay listings.
I found a way to place a dynamic search widget after the post content, BUT the widget uses the post title, and it’s too specific – it usually only returns one post: the one with that exact title.. not useful..

Example: title= “1980 Mercedes W107 blah blah2”. I need to be able to search for similar items, not the exact same one.

Ah I see now. Sorry, no there’s no functionality in the plugin to perform a related items search of ebay.

Actually, there sort-of is..
If I could call the dynamic search via a php call and pass it the keywords (saved as custom fields attached to the post?).
Hence my original request, although I probably could have been clearer..

Then all I need is a way to populate the custom field from the RSS feed. Which is my problem..

What do you think?

eBay have just announced they are planning to decomission the RSS dynamic feed tools, as such you’re planned development here will not work long term. I suggest you look at alternative approaches to your requirements.