Fetch content from any website with simple shortcode
As of April 2026, Content Fetcher is a WordPress scraper plugin with 200 active installations and a 3.2/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Top alternative: Cherry Picker.
This plugin allows users to fetch content from any website and display it effortlessly on their WordPress site using a simple shortcode. It’s perfect for adding external information, like news headlines, product details, or informative snippets, directly into posts or pages.
Sample Shortcode:
To fetch content from a Wikipedia page and display the infobox about Earth, use the following shortcode:
Sample shortcode [get_content_from url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth’ with=’.infobox’]
Shortcode Attributes:
url: The URL of the website from which you want to fetch content.
with: A CSS selector that specifies which elements to fetch from the provided URL (e.g., .infobox for Wikipedia infoboxes).
limit (optional): Limits the number of elements fetched and displayed.…
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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