Web Screenshots
Displays Thumbnails of a given URL usings wordpress.com inofficial API. Use Shortcode [webscreenshot] with url and some optional params.
5(3 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 13 years agoAs of April 2026, Web Screenshots is a WordPress screenshot plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Browser Screenshots.
5/53 reviews
10active installs
2.6K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
With Usage of the wordpress.com inofficial webpage to screenshot function this plugins generates screenshots of websites. For more information check http://bdisco.de/wordpress-plugins/
There are a few options you can use in your shortcode [webscreenshot]:
url: full Url of the webpage which you want to have screenshoted (mandantory)
width: Pixel width of the screenshot (optional, default: 250)
refresh: If you want to reload the screenshot if it wasn’t generated on the first call (optional, default: true)
link: link image to given url (optional, default: true)
newpage: open link in new page (optional, default: true)
title: set link title tag (will be used as img alt tag also) (optional, default:”)
All img-tags generated will have a class called “webscreenshot”, the l…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2
- added attribute to set link title tag (will be used as alt tag for the img as well)
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