App Store Assistant free WordPress plugin
Description
App Store Assistant free WordPress plugin
The App Store Assistant WordPress plugin displays a list of iOS Apps, Mac apps or iTunes content from an RSS feed (https://rss.itunes.apple.com/us/) or the detail for iPhone/iPod Apps, Mac Apps, iPad Apps, Songs, Albums, Movies, Short Films, TV Episodes, or Seasons and Music Videos via the item’s ID. optionally it will also converts the items’s link to use your affiliate program. It now also allows items from Amazon.com to be displayed.
Built-in search for automated Post creation.
When upgrading to a new version of the plug-in, it is recommend that you rebuild the cache. There is an option in the Utilities tab that will do this for you.
Features
Find an App or iTunes item fast with the “New ASA Post” button in the Admin area
Auto-creates new POST or Shortcode
Adds item Title
Choose from Draft, Publish or Pending
Auto creates Featured Image from app icon or item images
Adds items Categories to Post
Can auto create Categories based on App or items Categories
Displays detailed item information or links
Apple App Store
Mac App Store
Amazon.com
iTunes Store
Songs
Albums
Podcasts
Movies
Short Films
TV Episodes or Seasons
Music Videos
Arrange the order of App elements via drag and drop
You can now display individual item elements via new shortcode
Display an item’s icon and short description in RSS/ATOM feed
Multi-country support
I18n aka Localization is supported via POT file
Earn Money with Affiliate Programs
PHG
TradeDoubler
Amazon Affiliates
Customizable
Choose from different Star rating colors
Button colors and style
Choose which detail elements to display and their order
Adjust App Icon image size
Elements can be displayed in an Accordion (show/hide)
Cache detail and images locally for quicker page load times
Remove the whole cache or individual items
Widget to show ATOM/RSS Feed of Apps
Use custom Excerpts or let App Store Assistant auto-create an excerpt
Tested with over 300 Themes
Screenshot Lightbox support
wp-o-matic plugin support
There is now a built-in quick search function. It searches for iTunes items or iOS/Mac apps. Displays the shortcode already filled out, and with the click of a button, creates a new POST already titled with the appropriate shortcode already entered.
You can also Donate to fund the development of this plugin at TheiPhoneAppsList Donate
Please let us know of any features you would like added or bugs that need squashing in the WordPress forums
REQUIRES PHP 5.4 or later
Available Shortcodes
[asa_item]: Displays a single iOS app, Mac app or item from the iTunes Store
[amazon_item]: Displays a single item from Amazon.com
[asaf_atomfeed]: Displays the items from the ATOm feed in a formatted view with the modes iOS, Mac or iTunes
[asa_list]: Displays Several iOS apps, Mac apps or iTunes items on a single page or post
[asa_link]: Displays a text only link to the iOS App, Mac app or iTunes Item
[amazon_item_link]: Displays a button or text only link to the Amazon Item with the modes text,button or textPrice]. The mode “textPrice” displays “Available from Amazon.com for” ending with price or “View on Amazon.com” if there is no price.”
[asa_elements] Displays one or more elements for an item
Full help for shortcodes is displayed in the settings area.
Feature Request List
Request: Have an ATOM feed auto create posts from app List
Request: iTunes breakout of elements
Request: Bulk import of Apps [Thanks TesterGP]
Request: Change file type to png if tiff supplied by app store WP_Image_Editor
Request: Random Post generator (randomly picks an app that you don’t already have a post for) [Thanks AslanDoma]
Request: Shortcode tags can now override the Store/Language chosen [Thanks crisf86]
Request: Sped up Reset of Featured Images (Using log system)
Request: All images now saved as png
Request: Reset Featured Images now saves to log
Request: Plugin checks the app in all stores for availability and then generates the box with flags. Each flag is a button and a link to the app. Of course links is set for affiliate programs. [Thanks Aslan Guseinov]
Request: Option to search for Apps no longer available and change post to “Pending Review”
Added: —————-Option to rebuild cache same method as FI Rebuild
Request: iBooks support [Thanks rnakoneshny]
Request: separate the elements of appDetails, ex. appVersion, appCreateBy, appReleaseDate, etc. [Thanks Jomasher]
Request: Add Tags with App/item name to post [Thanks iOSAppLists]
Added: iWatch search
Note
The App Store Assistant can cache the data from your application in the WordPress database for a preset number of hours. App icons and screenshots are cached on your server.
License
This file is part of App Store Assistant.
App Store Assistant is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
App Store Assistant is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with App Store Assistant. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.