Fast eBay Listings – Shortcode Parameter Reference

All functionality is available within the simple-to-use Block Editor or Classic Editor visual editor UIs, however manual shortcodes are available for those editing in the Classic Editor’s text view. For your reference, details of the shortcode parameters are here.

‘eBay Search’ – Display items from a custom search

Shortcode:
[ebay_search query="apple MacBook" categoy="123" maxprice="1500" columns="2" rows="2"]]

Use this shortcode to search eBay for items and present them in your post or page. You can filter your search by a number of criteria like keywords, categories, seller price etc.

Shortcode parameters:

  • query – keywords to search for on eBay
  • category – eBay category ID to filter results by
  • seller – filter results to given seller
  • minprice – filter results to those above the given price
  • maxprice – filter results to those below the given price
  • sort – search results are sorted by this (default BestMatch)
  • columns – display results in a grid this many columns
  • rows – display results in a grid with this many rows
  • picwidth – desired width dimension of thumbnails
  • customid – a custom token to pass to EPN to track links clicked by your visitors
  • slideshow – display as a slideshow: Manual, Auto, or Default (from settings)
  • slides – number of slides to cycle between

If items are omitted, defaults from the plugin setting will be used.

Additionally, the shortcode tag ‘content’ can be used to populate a header link:
[[ebay_search query="apple MacBook"]]Check out these MacBook's![[/ebay_search]

Sorting of results is achieved through the ‘sort’ parameter. Valid values for this are:

BestMatch, CurrentPriceHighest, DistanceNearest, EndTimeSoonest, PricePlusShippingHighest, PricePlusShippingLowest, StartTimeNewest

eBay provides images in the sizes 225px and 1000px. To avoid in-browser scaling choose one of these, otherwise, Fast eBay Listings will utilise the next largest to the stipulated ‘PicWidth’ parameter.

‘eBay Item’ – Display a single item

This shortcode resents details of a single eBay item listing.

Shortcode:
[ebay_item item="1234567890"]

Parameters:

  • item – the eBay item number to display
  • picwidth – desired width dimension of thumbnails
  • customid – a custom token to pass to EPN to track links clicked by your visitors

‘eBay Image’ – Display a single image

This utilises the same parameters as the above ‘eBay Item’ shortcode.
[ebay_image item="1234567890"]

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