About this plugin
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.
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Install and activate the plugin.
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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.
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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 links to display. Default is all.
excerpt: yes, no // Whether or not to display the excerpt extracted by Pocket. Default is yes.
tag: [any one of your Pocket tags] // Choose to show links from one tag. Supports one tag only. Default is all links, tagged or untagged.
credit: yes, no // Choose to add author credit. Default is to not show credit links.
tag_list: yes, no // Whether or not to show a list of tags after each link.
Widget
The Widget is available to drag and drop into any widgetized sidebars. It has some options:
title // the title for the widget
count // the number of links to show. Default is 5
tag: [any of your Pocket tags] // Choose to show links from one tag. Currently supports one tag only. Default is all links, tagged or untagged.
author credit: yes, no // Choose to give author credit. Default is to not show credit links.