{"id":333737,"date":"2026-11-04T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/celebrity-quotes\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:17:58","slug":"celebrity-death-pool","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/celebrity-death-pool\/","author":23398417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.5.0","stable_tag":"1.5.0","tested":"7.0.8","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Celebrity Death Pool","header_author":"Celebrity Death Pool | Dario Picca","header_description":"Shows the most quoted celebrities of the week from Celebrity Death Pool, with a \"Play with us\" button. 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Without this call the\nbox has no data to display.<\/li>\n<li>When data is sent: on the front end (cached for 10 minutes) and when you open\nthe plugin settings page (a live, uncached test).<\/li>\n<li>Endpoint contacted: <code>https:\/\/www.celebritydeathpool.co.uk\/api\/celebrity\/quotes<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Data transmitted: a standard HTTP GET request. The request <code>User-Agent<\/code>\nheader includes your site's home URL so the service can identify the caller.\nNo personal data of your visitors is sent.<\/li>\n<li>Service provider, terms and privacy policy:\n\n<ul>\n<li>Site: https:\/\/www.celebritydeathpool.co.uk<\/li>\n<li>Terms: https:\/\/celebritydeathpool.co.uk\/terms-of-use.html<\/li>\n<li>Privacy: https:\/\/celebritydeathpool.co.uk\/privacy-policy-gdpr.html<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>celebrity-death-pool<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install\nthe ZIP from Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the \"Plugins\" menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Settings \u2192 Celebrity Death Pool to customize it.<\/li>\n<li>Add the shortcode <code>[celebrity_quotes]<\/code> to any page\/post, or add the\n\"Celebrity Death Pool\" widget from Appearance \u2192 Widgets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20show%20the%20box%3F\"><h3>How do I show the box?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Paste <code>[celebrity_quotes]<\/code> into a page or post, or use the widget. It uses the\nsettings configured on the settings page automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20override%20settings%20for%20a%20single%20placement%3F\"><h3>Can I override settings for a single placement?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes: <code>[celebrity_quotes count=\"10\" target=\"\"]<\/code>. Shortcode attributes take\nprecedence over the saved settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"it%20says%20%22ranking%20not%20available%20right%20now%22.%20what%20do%20i%20do%3F\"><h3>It says \"Ranking not available right now\". What do I do?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Open Settings \u2192 Celebrity Death Pool and check the \"API connection status\" box.\nIf it fails, your server is likely blocking outbound HTTP requests or has\noutdated SSL certificates \u2014 ask your host to allow outbound requests.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20change%20the%20data%20source%20if%20i%20edit%20the%20%22link%20to%20open%22%20field%3F\"><h3>Does it change the data source if I edit the \"Link to open\" field?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The data source is fixed in the code. The \"Link to open\" field only changes\nwhere clicks lead, and it only accepts links on the official domain.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.5.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial public release.<\/li>\n<li>Shortcode <code>[celebrity_quotes]<\/code> and classic widget.<\/li>\n<li>Settings page: number of celebrities, title, subtitle, list label, button text,\nbackground and accent colors, link behavior and destination link.<\/li>\n<li>Built-in API connection diagnostics and cache clearing.<\/li>\n<li>English and Italian translations included.<\/li>\n<li>Outbound debug logging only runs when WP_DEBUG is enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Uninstall cleanup of options and transients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Show the most quoted celebrities of the week from Celebrity Death Pool, with a customizable widget and the [celebrity_quotes] shortcode.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/333737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333737"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/why12studios"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=333737"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=333737"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=333737"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=333737"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=333737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}