Wikipedia for tag pages
A widget that displays excerpts from Wikipedia articles relevant to the tag on tag-pages. Support for multiple languages.
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·10 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Wikipedia for tag pages is a WordPress api plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Consent API.
5/51 reviews
10active installs
2.0K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
This plugin creates a widget that displays excerpts from Wikipedia on the tag pages (the template tag.php). The user can specify multiple languages for the plugin to query using the Wikipeida API. The language that has an article that matches the tag has its article displayed.
Credits
This widget is based on the WordPress-Wikipedia-Widget by patlockley: WordPress-Wikipedia-Widget
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.4
Added support for the ‘before_widget’, ‘after_widget’, ‘before_title’ and ‘after_title’ arguments.
Contributors
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