Title: ScanCircle Author: Arnoud Klaren Published: October 20, 2013 Last modified: January 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/scancircle/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=790915) ![](https://ps.w.org/scancircle/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=983606) # ScanCircle By [Arnoud Klaren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aklaren/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/scancircle.2.9.3.zip) * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/#description) * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/#reviews) * [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/#installation) * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/) ## Description Only for registered ScanCircle partners. See the [ScanCircle partner program](https://www.scancircle.com/scancircle/partner-program). Login to your ScanCircle partner page and select the Scan Widget tab to generate the required ScanCircle shortcode and copy/paste it into your post. ## Screenshots * [[ * Scan widget wizard to generate the shortcode with the options you need. ## Installation Manual installation: 1. Upload the folder `scancircle` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the `scancircle` plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place the `[scancircle ...]` or `[scancircle_results ...]` shortcode in your pages/ posts ## FAQ ### How can I change the styling of the scan button or the text? See [this post](https://www.scancircle.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=154) in the ScanCircle partner forum ### What is the [scancircle_results …] shortcode for? Using this shortcode, you can show the results in an IFRAME on your own website. 1. Set the “Own results page” to e.g. https://domain.com/results?language=%s&advice =%s&reference=%s 2. On this page include the shortcode [scancircle_results partner =”PARTNER-CODE” param=”URL-PARAMETER” IFRAME-ATTRIBUTES], where – PARTNER-CODE is your partner code (this prevents cross site scripting with non-ScanCircle URLs: only http(s)://PARNER-CODE.scancircle.com/… allowed) – URL-PARAMETER is the name of the URL parameter containing the results URL (in this example “advice”) – IFRAME- ATTRIBUTES are optional IFRAME attributes (e.g. width=”X” height=”Y” class=”Z”) ### Can I use the shortcodes in a template? Yes, but you need the do_shortcode function as in: > ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/004863032f4ca8a46c5d9c84ce715b355f26456c949e7c43882f723e306a230a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent Website Widget!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-website-widget/)󠁿 [easyitguys](https://profiles.wordpress.org/easyitguys/) February 20, 2026 Well coded and supported! Thank you for an excellent addition to our website. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6c12c3e10de96dfbc2665e189ab83bed1d0e0e0ca3e51f7e4c834510d24d2a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[superb](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superb-303/)󠁿 [Earnie Rhyker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyker2u/) September 3, 2016 1 reply excellent widget, excellent features, and very helpful/supportive developer. [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “ScanCircle” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Arnoud Klaren ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aklaren/) [Translate “ScanCircle” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/scancircle) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/scancircle/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/scancircle/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/scancircle/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/scancircle/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.9.3 – 2024-12-03 * Restricted [scancircle_results] attributes to prevent abuse of event attributes in IFRAME #### 2.9.2 – 2024-11-27 * Fixed incomplete update of version number #### 2.9.1 – 2024-11-27 * Fixed small issue to retrieve plugin version #### 2.9 – 2024-11-27 * Added various input validations due to possible security issue reported by Wordfence in CVE-2024-11439 (thanks to zakaria) * Removed deprecated `[phpvar]` shortcode #### 2.0 – 2020-07-23 * Added shortcode [scancircle_results partner=”PARTNER-CODE” param=”URL-PARAMETERS” IFRAME-ATTRIBUTES] #### 1.43 – 2018-11-14 * Load ScanCircle JavaScript using wp_enqueue_script to ensure jQuery is loaded( if needed) #### 1.32 – 2015-12-16 * Generalized the plugin to cater for future options so new options do not require a new version of the plugin. * The `[phpvar]` shortcode has been deprecated as there are standard ways and plugins to do this (functionality will remain for the time being) #### 1.31 – 2015-11-02 * For some reason, version 1.27 actually still used v1.24. Updated version number to force a new update and updated support to WP4.3.1. #### 1.27 – 2015-03-23 * Changed `https` option to load scancircle.js using HTTPS by default unless https =0 is specified. Link to partner environment always uses HTTP (only used if JavaScript is not loaded correctly) #### 1.24 – 2014-10-13 * Load scancircle.js and/or link to partner environment using https, `https` option added to select which: 2=both, 1=JavaScript only, 0=none (default) #### 1.23 – 2014-08-04 * `category` option added to indicate the purpose of the scan page and/or reference code, entered data will be prepended to the reference code (separated by a colon) #### 1.20 – 2013-11-18 * `inputs` option added to support multiple input fields (names separated by semicolon), entered data will be joined (separated by semicolons) * `validation` option added to check input field for required data, e-mail address, phone number, any regular expression or using a custom function * `require` option now deprecated (converted to `prompt` option and `validation ="required"` for backward compatibility) * `jquery` option added to run script when document.ready (mainly for Joomla web sites which requires tag in header) #### 1.19 – 2013-11-04 * Added `[phpvar]` shortcode to retrieve the PHP superglobals $_GET, $_POST and $_SERVER * Required to get the value of URL parameters, post variables, initiating web pages, etc. * Added because they may be needed for ScanCircle and I could not find an easy way or simple plugin to achieve this #### 1.18 – 2013-10-07 * First release ## Meta * Version **2.9.3** * Last updated **3 months ago** * Active installations **60+** * WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/) * Tags * [button](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[scan](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scan/) [shortcode](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[widget](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/scancircle/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/scancircle/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Arnoud Klaren ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aklaren/) ## Support Got something to say? 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