theFinancials Market Widgets

This plugin from theFinancials.com lets you embed free, live-updating, financial market data widgets into your WordPress pages. Display daily updates on your website for popular financial data such as US Treasuries, SOFR, Prime, Canadian CMB & GOC rates, Stocks & Indices, Currency Exchange Rates, Agriculture, Energy, Metals, and more. theFinancials.com has been providing reliable market data for all industries for 28 years. The plugin reads the widget catalog from theFinancials.com and populates dropdowns for Market, Widget, and Size/Shape. You can choose the embed Method (JavaScript or iframe). Note- Ticker size always uses JavaScript. Open theFinancials from the WordPress admin menu to configure global settings, or use the theFinancials Embed block to edit directly in the block sidebar. Key Features

• Daily updates for hundreds of popular financial instruments in web-ready widgets.
• Catalog-driven: Markets, Widgets, and Sizes come directly from theFinancials catalog (no manual updates).
• Two embed methods: JavaScript or iframe (Ticker always JavaScript).
• Block editor support with live preview.
• Global or per-block configuration — your most recent save becomes current.
• Shortcode generator with copy-and-paste ready code.
• Security-first: fetches data only from theFinancials.com subdomains.
• All widgets are free. (For Custom Widgets contact info@mail.thefinancials.com)

1. Upload the ZIP file via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, then activate.
2. Go to theFinancials in the admin menu and select your Market, Widget, Size/Shape, and Method.
3. For iframe installs you can set iframe Height (px) (default 500).
4. Click Save Changes. Your shortcode will appear under Install via Shortcode.
5. Add the widget by either:
6. Inserting the theFinancials Embed block in the editor, or
7. Pasting the shortcode into a page or post.

Shortcode Example Use the generated shortcode from the settings page, or supply attributes explicitly: [tfcwidgets4wp market="POP" title="US Market Overview" size="H" method="iframe" height="640"] Attributes:

• market – Market ID from the catalog (e.g., POP)
• title – Widget title exactly as shown in the catalog
• size – Size/Shape ID (T, S, C, M, F, H, P)
• method – JavaScript or iframe (Ticker always uses JavaScript)
• height – Optional pixels for iframe method (defaults to 500 if not set)

3.0.7

• Documented front-end JavaScript method (inline output for in-place execution).
• Added PHPCS ignore (NonEnqueuedScript) scoped to front-end branch with reviewer comments.
• All admin/editor assets remain enqueued via WordPress APIs.

3.0.6.12

• Admin settings JavaScript enqueued via admin_enqueue_scripts; data passed with wp_add_inline_script.
• Added PHPCS ignore annotations for preview standalone HTML (/ lines).

3.0.6.11

• Fixed: Readme header mismatch (Requires at least: 6.3) and trimmed short description (<150 chars).
• Aligned JS text domain to match plugin text domain.

3.0.6.10

• Fixed: Admin Widget & Size/Shape dropdowns repopulate correctly.
• Ensured catalog JSON is printed on the settings page.
• Prefix cleanup and documentation alignment.

3.0.6.9

• Standardized prefix to tfcwidgets4wp (shortcode, options, AJAX, handles, block namespace).
• Hardened escaping for JSON output using wp_json_encode with HEX flags.
• Maintained “External Services” disclosure.
• Documentation updates.

3.0.2

• Shortcode now requires wid="...". Other attributes (market, title, size) are included for clarity.

3.0.1

• Added support for wid="NNNNNNNNNN" to target a widget by canonical ID.
• When wid is present, market/title/size are not required.
• Ticker WIDs always render in JavaScript mode.

2.6.6

• Marked stable.
• Block preview: JavaScript/Ticker via sandboxed iframe srcDoc; iframe method uses direct external iframe.
• Removed redundant heading inside preview; preserved standard block toolbar/selection.
• Consistent casing: theFinancials.

2.6.x (earlier)

• Catalog integration (Market → Widget → Size/Shape) using the canonical catalog.
• Security hardening: restricted remote fetches to theFinancials.com subdomains; sanitized/escaped admin output.