About this plugin
Equibles Stocks allows you to display stock quotes provided by Equibles on your WordPress website.
After installing the plugin you should register on Equibles and get your API key for free.
Once you have got your API key you should save it in the plugin options page (Options -> Equibles Stocks).
After that the plugin setup is completed and you can start using the shortcodes provided by this plugin.
Examples
Displaying the daily closing price for a stock
[equibles_stock ticker="AAPL" type="daily_prices" subtype="close"]
[equibles_stock ticker="AAPL" type="daily_prices" subtype="time" time_format="d/m/Y"]
You can check all the parameters available in the “Documentation” section below.
Documentation
Is this section we describe the shortcode parameters available.
Parameter “ticker”
The ticker of a common stock supported by Equibles. Example: AAPL
Parameter “type”
The type of data to show. The available options are the following.
- daily_prices – Data related to the daily price of the selected ticker (updated every 24 hours).
- intraday_prices – Data related to the intraday price of the selected ticker (updated every minute).
- 52_week – Data related to the 52 week range of the selected stock.
Parameter “subtype”
The subtype of data to show. This parameter depends on the value of the “type” option.
The available options are:
- daily_prices
- high – The high value of the daily price candle.
- low – The low value of the daily price candle.
- close – The close value of the daily price candle.
- open – The open value of the daily price candle.
- time – The time of close of the candle.
- volume – The amount of shares traded during the period.
- change – The absolute change in the stock price.
- change_percentage – The percentage change in the stock price.
- intraday_prices
- high – The high value of the price candle.
- low – The low value of the price candle.
- close – The close value of the price candle.
- open – The open value of the price candle.
- time – The time of close of the candle.
- volume – The amount of shares traded during the period.
- change – The absolute change in the stock price.
- change_percentage – The percentage change in the stock price.
- 52_week
- high – The 52-week high of the selected stock.
- low – The 52-week low of the selected stock.
Parameter “decimal_places”
The number of decimal places to show when formatting a number, default: 2.
Parameter “decimal_separator”
The decimal separator, default:. (dot).
Parameter “thousands_separator”
The thousands’ separator, default: ” ” (space).
Parameter “time_format”
The format of the time as in the PHP format function.
Settings page
You should save your API in the plugin settings page (Settings -> Equibles Stocks).
You can also enable caching for the API requests. We recommend using a cache time of 15 minutes to improve your site load time.
Where can I report bugs?
Report bugs on the Equibles Stocks GitHub repository.