Constructive News provides three different Gutenberg blocks showing teasers of constructive \/ solutions-focused news stories from a variety of different media sources, including links to the original articles on the websites of the corresponding media. The idea is not help website owners get (positive) content (news teasers) on their blogs and websites.<\/p>\n\n
For this purpose they can choose among three Gutenberg blocks:<\/p>\n\n
All articles are thoroughly handpicked by the editorial team of Squirrel News. Squirrel News is run by the German nonprofit Constructive News e.V.<\/p>\n\n
This plugin is published by Jonathan Widder for Squirrel News \/ Constructive News e.V. and developed by Anouar Ben Hamza.<\/p>\n\n
To get started, activate the plugin, choose the language on the Constructive News<\/strong> settings page, then insert one of the Constructive News blocks into a post or page.<\/p>\n\n Language note:<\/strong> English and German content are fetched from completely different source pools and countries, so switching the language will change the geographic focus and sources of the articles.<\/p>\n\n This plugin is a service-based plugin<\/strong>.\nIt connects to an external content service to fetch article data:<\/p>\n\n Without the external service response, the plugin cannot fetch fresh article content and does not work.<\/p>\n\n This plugin performs outbound requests to the Squirrel News content service to retrieve article data.<\/p>\n\n The service is operated by Squirrel News for Constructive News e.V. and is used to deliver the curated article data shown by the plugin blocks.<\/p>\n\n The plugin sends requests to the external service whenever a Constructive News block is rendered and needs article data, including in the block editor preview and on the frontend.<\/p>\n\n Data sent to the service:<\/p>\n\n Why this data is sent:<\/p>\n\n Service links:<\/p>\n\n Plugin settings data stored locally in WordPress:<\/p>\n\n External links rendered on the frontend can point to:<\/p>\n\n Site owners should review and publish their own privacy disclosures as needed for their jurisdiction and site policy.<\/p>\n\n The distributed plugin includes the original, human-readable source files used to build the JavaScript and CSS assets.<\/p>\n\n Included source and build files:<\/p>\n\n Build tools:<\/p>\n\n To rebuild the generated assets:<\/p>\n\n The plugin includes filters for customization without editing core files.<\/p>\n\n API filters:\n* Card block filters:\n* Grid block filters:\n* List block filters:\n* Example:<\/p>\n\n Yes. Fresh content is fetched from the Squirrel News content API service every 2-3 days.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. No API key is required in the current version.<\/p><\/dd>\n The plugin sends language and limit values as query parameters. Standard HTTP request metadata is also transmitted by normal web requests.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nUse of external service<\/h3>\n\n
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https:\/\/getarticlesforlastissues-mdlzfg63qq-uc.a.run.app<\/code><\/li>\nlang<\/code> and limit<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nService and Privacy Disclosure<\/h3>\n\n
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https:\/\/squirrel-news.net\/privacy-policy\/<\/code><\/li>\nhttps:\/\/squirrel-news.net\/imprint\/<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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Development<\/h3>\n\n
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src\/<\/code> contains the original block editor and frontend source code<\/li>\nbuild\/<\/code> contains the compiled production assets used by WordPress<\/li>\npackage.json<\/code> contains the build commands and dependencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
npm<\/code><\/li>\n@wordpress\/scripts<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
npm install<\/code><\/li>\nnpm run build<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nDeveloper Hooks<\/h3>\n\n
constructnews_api_lang<\/code>\n* constructnews_api_limit<\/code>\n* constructnews_api_payload<\/code>\n* constructnews_api_base_url<\/code>\n* constructnews_api_request_args<\/code>\n* constructnews_api_articles<\/code><\/p>\n\nconstructnews_card_block_lang<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_labels<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_behavior_flags<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_styles<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_articles_prepared<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_display_articles<\/code>\n* constructnews_card_plan<\/code><\/p>\n\nconstructnews_grid_block_lang<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_labels<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_behavior_flags<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_styles<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_articles_prepared<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_display_articles<\/code>\n* constructnews_grid_plan<\/code><\/p>\n\nconstructnews_list_block_lang<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_labels<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_behavior_flags<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_styles<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_articles_prepared<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_display_articles<\/code>\n* constructnews_list_plan<\/code><\/p>\n\nadd_filter( 'constructnews_api_limit', function( $limit ) { return 10; } );\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> or install via the WordPress admin.<\/li>\n\n
Does this plugin require an external service?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin work without API keys?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What data is sent to the service?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
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