About this plugin
HireHop Webshop is a powerful WordPress plugin that seamlessly integrates with HireHop rental software to create a fully functional online rental store. The plugin allows you to display your rental inventory, organize products by categories, and provide customers with an intuitive shopping cart and checkout experience.
Key Features
- API Integration: Connects directly with HireHop rental software via API
- Product Management: Automatically syncs products, categories, and pricing
- Responsive Design: Mobile-friendly product listings and cart functionality
- Category Tree: Hierarchical category display for hire, sales, and service items
- Shopping Cart: Local storage-based cart with jQuery UI dialog
- Checkout System: Complete checkout form with email confirmations
- Image Processing: Automatic image fetching and WordPress media library integration
- Admin Dashboard: Easy-to-use admin interface for API configuration and data management
- Progress Tracking: Real-time progress bars for data synchronization
- Email Notifications: SMTP-configurable email confirmations for orders
Shortcodes
- [hhwsp_product_listing] – Displays paginated product listings
- [hhwsp_category] – Shows hierarchical category navigation
- [hhwsp_cart_btn] – Adds a cart button to any page
- [hhwsp_checkout] – Creates a complete checkout form
Requirements
- WordPress 5.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- HireHop rental software account with API access
- jQuery and jQuery UI (included with WordPress)
External services
This plugin connects to the HireHop service to create and sync jobs and related data.
- Service: HireHop (hirehop.rent)
- Purpose: To save jobs from WordPress to the HireHop system and retrieve bulk data for product/job sync.
- Endpoints used:
- https://hirehop.rent/wp_save_job.php – called when a job is submitted to save job details.
- https://hirehop.rent/wp_data_bulk.php – called when syncing data in bulk from HireHop.
- Data sent:
- When saving a job: API key, job details (e.g., customer info, items, dates), and site URL for identification.
- When syncing: API key and request parameters (e.g., pagination/filter info).
- Data received:
- Job save responses (IDs/status) and bulk datasets required to render or sync plugin content.
- Terms of Service: https://hirehop.rent/terms.html
- Privacy Policy: https://hirehop.rent/privacy_policy.html
Note: The API key is stored in your WordPress database and transmitted only to the HireHop service for authentication.
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Development
This plugin follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:
* Object-oriented PHP architecture
* Proper sanitization and escaping
* Nonce verification for security
* Responsive CSS design
* Modern JavaScript with error handling
* Database optimization with prepared statements