Using Multiple Keywords with phpBay Pro

September 17th, 2008 | Blogging, Selling Your Stuff

Do you make money with your blog? No matter what you write about, you can spruce up your posts, and earn a little along the way with phpBay Pro. phpBay Pro is a Wordpress plugin that pulls live items from eBay and displays them in your blog posts. It automatically adds your affiliate ID for the eBay Partner Network.

The plugin displays results based on information you supply in your post. The code that's inserted into your post looks like this:

[phpbay]keyword(s), num, "", ""[/phpbay]

You insert your keyword where it's specified, and the number of results you want to display. The third parameter is for the eBay category if you want to be specific, and the fourth is for exclusion keywords.

If you wanted to show kitten heel shoes, 9 of them, in Women's Shoes, but not green, your code would look like this:

[phpbay]kitten heel, 9, "63889", "green"[/phpbay]

And here are the results displayed:

Elegant Camel Kitten Heel Pumps Shoes All Sizes Nib Fs
US $49.95

Bcbgirls Cree $90 Women Kitten Heel Pump 55 Charcoal
US $44.94

Nib Celine Kitten Heel Shoe Choose Sz67758859
US $111.00

Chanel Gold Kitten Heel Cc Logo Thong Sexy Xlnt 36
US $99.99

Nib Donald Pliner Leopard Tomato Sand Kitten Heel 75 M
US $89.00

Manolo Blahnik Black Suede Kitten Heel Pump Size 6 36
US $55.00

New J Crew $198 Short Rivington Kitten Heel Boot 55
US $97.99

Bcbgirls Cree $90 Women Kitten Heel Pump 65 Charcoal
US $65.00

Bcbgirls Cree $90 Womens Kitten Heel Pump 6 Red Salsa
US $65.00

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Normally, it searches for one keyword or search term. But what if you wanted to display results for two terms? Just add a vertical bar between the keywords and you can perform an "OR" search. The vertical bar is usually located on the key above the "enter" key, the same key as the backslash.

For an example, I wouldn't normally find John McCain items alongside Barack Obama items. What if I wanted to mingle them together? All in the spirit of unity of course. The phpBay code would like this:

[phpbay]john mccain | barack obama, 9, "", ""[/phpbay]

And here are the two candidates' items all mixed together: