Title: GW Info Box
Author: Green Website
Published: <strong>21 สิงหาคม 2025</strong>
Last modified: 21 สิงหาคม 2025

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/gw-info-box/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3354004)

# GW Info Box

 By [Green Website](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenwebsite/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gw-info-box.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/#installation)
 * [Development](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gw-info-box/)

## Description

**GW Info Box** is a lightweight and practical tool that lets you display information
about any plugin hosted on WordPress.org.

Perfect for plugin developers, reviewers, or documentation authors who want to reference
plugins dynamically.
 This plugin fetches public plugin data from WordPress.org 
APIs in order to display plugin information in a styled box.

#### Features

 * Display plugin name, author, version, last updated, downloads, rating, icon and
   description
 * Lightweight and fast – no settings, just use the shortcode
 * Automatically pulls real-time data from WordPress.org
 * Admin help page under **Tools > GW Info Box**

### Usage

Use the shortcode:

[gw_info_box slug=”your-plugin-slug” icon=”true”]

### External services

This plugin connects to the official WordPress.org API to retrieve public plugin
data such as name, version, author, ratings, download count, and other details.

The following external services are used:

 1. **WordPress.org Plugin Information API**
 2.  * **Purpose**: To retrieve details about any WordPress.org plugin (e.g. name, 
       version, author, last updated, rating).
     * **Data sent**: The plugin slug entered in the shortcode is sent to the API.
     * **When**: Every time the shortcode is loaded on the frontend.
     * **Service URL**: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/
     * [Privacy Policy](https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/)
     * [Terms of Service](https://wordpress.org/tos/)
 3. **WordPress.org Plugin Download Stats API**
 4.  * **Purpose**: To retrieve download statistics for the specified plugin.
     * **Data sent**: The plugin slug entered in the shortcode is sent to the API.
     * **When**: Every time the shortcode is loaded on the frontend.
     * **Service URL**: https://api.wordpress.org/stats/plugin/1.0/
     * [Privacy Policy](https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/)
     * [Terms of Service](https://wordpress.org/tos/)

## Screenshots

[⌊Example of the info box shown on the front end⌉⌊Example of the info box shown 
on the front end⌉[

Example of the info box shown on the front end

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install via Plugins > Add
    New.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
 3. Use the shortcode ‘[gw_info_box slug=”your-plugin-slug”]’ anywhere you want to 
    display plugin information.
 4. Go to **Tools > GW Info Box** for full instructions and configuration possibilities.

## FAQ

### Can I use this for any plugin on WordPress.org?

Yes. Just enter the correct slug from the plugin URL, like “akismet” or “woocommerce”.

### Where can I get help?

Visit [https://plugins.se/](https://plugins.se/) for more information and support.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“GW Info Box” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Green Website ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenwebsite/)

[Translate “GW Info Box” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gw-info-box)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gw-info-box/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gw-info-box/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gw-info-box/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gw-info-box/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Added plugin icon support.
 * Minor code fixes and support for smaller screens.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **1 ปี ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/)
 * Tags
 * [Box](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/box/)[display](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/display/)
   [Plugin Details](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugin-details/)[plugin info](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugin-info/)
   [shortcode](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/gw-info-box/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Green Website ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenwebsite/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gw-info-box/)

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