Title: retrieving wmpl posts Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # retrieving wmpl posts * Resolved [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/) * hi, * first thank you for that great plugin^^ i have a question for a wmpl feature * i use your plugin on a site with 3 languages, which are managed by wmpl i retrieve the posts from a subdomain (a blog site) also with 3 languages managed by wmpl i use the shortcode in a sidebar widget (1 post order by random)…now i want to retrieve the posts dependendly from the active language (when my active language is englisch, then i want to retrieve the english blog posts) * i can set different widgets on different languages but the problem is the request url for the languages * so i installed also this plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-api-multilanguage-over-wmpl/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-api-multilanguage-over-wmpl/) * i am able to retrieve the language dependant posts from the blog site…but i have to ad “?lang=en/es/de/…” to the end of the api url * now my question..is it possible to insert this string parameter at the end of the request url without to touch the core files? * a great future shordcode attribute would be a blank container for a string in order to add it at the end of the request url * any help would be great * cheers martin * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-post-embeds/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-post-embeds/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/) * (@jeherve) * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376704) * I’m not really familiar with WPML, so I’m not sure I’ll be able to help. * However, it looks like the plugin you installed allows you to add a specific WP API query parameter, `lang`, to get posts in a specific language. If that plugin works well, you could add a new `lang` parameter to my shortcode by adding the following to your theme’s functions.php, or to a [functionality plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/): [https://jeremy.hu/rest-api-post-embeds-alter-api-query-shortcode-parameter/](https://jeremy.hu/rest-api-post-embeds-alter-api-query-shortcode-parameter/) * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376736) * hi jeremy, * thank you very much for that fast response and possible solution^^ * but i can`t get it to work * i added your code into my functions.php and added the shortcode into my page [ jeherve_post_embed url=”[http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/”](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/”); wpapi=”true”  number=”1″ lang=”en”] * i hope i did it the right way * here the url of the stage site with the feed…it shows the german post instead of the english [http://industrial.directdesign-ffm.de/en/](http://industrial.directdesign-ffm.de/en/) * there are 3 german and 1 english posts on that draft blogsite * when i call [http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/wp-json/wp/v2/posts](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/wp-json/wp/v2/posts) * i get the 3 german posts as json * when i call [http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?lang=en](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?lang=en) * i get only the one english post (as wanted) * what might be wrong? * cheers martin * Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/) * (@jeherve) * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376761) * Thanks for the examples. I think it could be because the plugin doesn’t use the same standard as the core query parameters. I’ve updated the code snippet in my post to take that into account. Let me know how it goes. * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376768) * YOU`RE A GENIUS!! * works great^^ thank you very much * cheers martin * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376772) * now that i can retrieve the posts from the proper language..i would like to define also the right language “source:” link at the bottom * i looked at your filter code and difined a new attribute * function jeherve_rest_api_embeds_urlsource( $out, $pairs, $atts, $shortcode ){ * if ( isset( $atts[‘source’] ) && ” != $atts[‘source’] ) { $out[‘source’] = $atts[‘source’]; } * return $out; } * add_filter( ‘shortcode_atts_jeherve_post_embed’, ‘jeherve_rest_api_embeds_urlsource’, 10, 4 ); * it works but i had to modify the core code:( as i don`t know how to achieve this by hooking * i added also a target=”_blank” to the link…as the site owner wants to open all external links in a blank window * $credits .= sprintf( _x( ‘Source: [%1$s](http://%1$s)‘, ‘Site URL’, ‘rest-api- post-embeds’ ), $atts[‘source’] ); * it would be also a great feature to have the target of the permalinks as attributes… only as a feature suggestion^^ * your plugin is great * cheers martin * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376775) * works great with * function jeherve_rest_api_embeds_target( $out, $pairs, $atts, $shortcode ) { * if ( isset( $atts[‘target’] ) && ” != $atts[‘target’] ) { $out[‘target’] = $atts[‘target’]; } * return $out; } * add_filter( ‘shortcode_atts_jeherve_post_embed’, ‘jeherve_rest_api_embeds_target’, 10, 4 ); * and * $credits .= sprintf( _x( ‘Source: [%1$s](http://%1$s)‘, ‘Site URL’, ‘rest-api- post-embeds’ ), $atts[‘source’] ); * could be a nice additional option to take the 2 new parameters into the core ^^ * cheers * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376776) * ups..the code is cutted..hehe…i set the target to target=”‘.$atts[‘target’]. * Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/) * (@jeherve) * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376797) * Instead of creating new shortcode attributes, I’d suggest the following: 1. Remove the existing credits thanks to the existing `include_credits` attribute, like so: `[jeherve_post_embed url="http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/" wpapi ="true" number="1" lang="en" include_credits="false"]` 2. Create a new function, hooked into the `jeherve_post_embed_post_loop`, to output a custom credit line including the language parameter, and with links opening in a new window, like so: 3. ``` /** * Custom credits HTML output. * * @param string $loop Post loop. * @param array $posts_info Array of data about our posts. * @param int $number_of_posts Number of posts we want to display. * @param array $atts Array of shortcode attributes. * * @return string $str Credits HTML output. */ function jeherve_new_credits( $loop, $posts_info, $number_of_posts, $atts ) { if ( isset( $atts['url'], $atts['lang'] ) ) { $credits = '
'; $credits .= sprintf( _x( 'Source: %1$s/%2$s', 'Site URL', 'rest-api-post-embeds' ), $atts['url'], $atts['lang'] ); $credits .= '
'; return $loop . $credits; } return $loop; } add_filter( 'jeherve_post_embed_post_loop', 'jeherve_new_credits', 98, 4 ); ``` * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376798) * ah, that`s cool…works:) * but i forgot to mention that i have to open all blog permalinks in a blank window…. also the custom post links…so i did the same with the title and featured image in the core code * ``` '

%2$s

' '
%1$s
' ``` * therefore i thought it would be great to have a target attribute…maybe there` s also a cool hook solution for that * but thank you very much for your help^^ * cheers martin * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376799) * i found a little bug in your last solution * my main blog domain (in german) is [http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de)( without language add) * your hook works only if there`s a lang attribute * if i ad an lang=”de” to the shortcode then the source link gets [http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/de](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/de), which doesn`t work anymore (404) removing include_credits=”false” and lang shows only “source:” * maybe less work for you to modify the core files with the 2 features: attributes for target and custom credit link^^..i mean, just now it`s something that i need.. but i can imagine that these features could be also intersting for other users ^^ * cheers martin * Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/) * (@jeherve) * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376818) * > therefore i thought it would be great to have a target attribute * I would rather not add that option. I don’t believe changing the browser’s default behaviour and open links in a new window is the right thing to do for the users here. You can read more about this here: [https://css-tricks.com/use-target_blank/](https://css-tricks.com/use-target_blank/) * However, if you still would like to add target blank links to specific links on your site, you can use jQuery. Here is a quick example: [https://gist.github.com/allybee/5871749](https://gist.github.com/allybee/5871749) * > if i ad an lang=”de” to the shortcode then the source link gets [http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/de](http://ipblog.directdesign-ffm.de/de), > which doesn’t work anymore (404) * To solve this issue, you can update the `jeherve_new_credits()` function I posted above, and change the value of `$atts['lang']` to an empty string if its original value was `de`: * ``` if ( 'de' === $atts['lang'] ) { $atts['lang'] = ''; } ``` * Thread Starter [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * (@slotty7130) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376825) * thank you:)) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘retrieving wmpl posts’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/rest-api-post-embeds/assets/icon.svg?rev=2495828) * [REST API Post Embeds](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-post-embeds/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rest-api-post-embeds/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-post-embeds/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-post-embeds/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-post-embeds/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rest-api-post-embeds/reviews/) ## Tags * [WMPL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wmpl/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [slotty7130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slotty7130/) * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieving-wmpl-posts/#post-7376825) * Status: resolved