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Displaying Content

How to display fetched content on your site with the Gutenberg block, shortcode, Elementor/Bricks widgets, layouts, and automatic stock image attachment.

Gutenberg Block & Shortcode Lite+

Ingestics provides a native Gutenberg Feed Block, a shortcode, and template tags to display fetched content anywhere on your site.

Gutenberg Block: In the block editor, search for Ingestics Feed and insert the block. Select your provider, choose a layout (Grid, Carousel, or Ticker), and set the number of items to display. Use the block settings panel to configure the same attributes visually as the shortcode.

Shortcode: Use [aapi_feed] (or [auto_api_feed]) in any post, page, or widget to embed a feed. For theme-level rendering, call aapi_get_feed() or aapi_render_feed() directly in your template files.

Example placement: [auto_api_feed provider="my-provider-name" layout="grid" count="12" show_excerpt="true" show_image="true"]

Available shortcode attributes:

  • provider — provider name or slug to display
  • fetch_type — api, rss, or both
  • post_type — WordPress post type to query
  • count — number of items (default: 10)
  • order — ASC or DESC
  • orderby — date, title, rand, etc.
  • layout — grid (Lite+), carousel (Pro+), ticker (Business)
  • show_excerpt — true/false
  • show_image — true/false
  • empty_message — text shown when no items found
  • class — extra CSS classes for the wrapper

Example: [aapi_feed layout="grid" columns="3" posts="6"]

Elementor & Bricks Builder Pro+

Ingestics registers native widgets for Elementor and Bricks Builder.

  • For Elementor: find the Ingestics Feed widget in the Elementor widget panel, drag it onto the canvas, and configure it using the builder’s sidebar controls.
  • For Bricks Builder: find the Ingestics Feed element in the Bricks elements panel.
  • Select provider, layout, item count, and column count. Style using the builder’s native style controls — no custom CSS required.

Layouts

LayoutTierDescription
GridLite+Responsive card grid with configurable columns.
CarouselPro+Horizontal scrolling carousel with configurable autoplay and interval.
TickerBusinessHorizontal auto-scrolling news ticker with configurable speed and direction.

Stock Image Auto-Attach Business

  1. Go to Ingestics → Settings → General.
  2. Enable Stock Image Auto-Attach and select Pexels as the provider.
  3. Enter your Pexels API key (stored AES-encrypted).
  4. Configure the search query strategy: Ingestics uses the post title as the Pexels search query by default. You can override this with a static keyword or a field from the fetched item.

Stock images are only fetched when a fetched item has no image AND no fallback image matches — they are the final fallback in the image priority chain: feed image → fallback (Pro+) → stock image (Business).