Calculoid
Plugin makes it very easy to insert a calculator from Calculoid.com into your Wordpress website.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 17 Feb 2020
- Added
- May 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.9
- Tested up to
- WP 5.3.23
- Downloads
- 7,737
Our analysis
AI-assistedCalculoid is a WordPress plugin that allows you to embed calculators created on Calculoid.com into your website content using shortcodes. You can customize the display of the calculator's title and description, as well as set default values for fields within the calculator. The plugin integrates seamlessly with your site's CSS, ensuring that the calculator matches your site's design.
This plugin is suitable for anyone looking to add interactive calculators to their WordPress site, such as businesses, educators, or service providers who require custom calculation tools for their users.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users who need to embed calculators for various applications.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Utilises WordPress shortcodes for easy embedding
- ✓Allows customization of title and description display
- ✓Integrates with your site's CSS for consistent styling
- ✓Loads asynchronously to avoid slowing down your website
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on features beyond basic embedding
- •Last updated in February 2020, may lack recent support
Verdict
Calculoid provides a straightforward solution for embedding calculators in WordPress. However, the lack of recent updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
calculoid's own description of Calculoid, lightly tidied.
When you create some calculator from Calculoid.com or you just want to use some calculator from Calculoid library, this plugin makes it very simple to embed it into your WP content.
Plugin utilizes WordPress Shortcodes, so all you need to do is to insert this shortcode:
[calculoid id=”60204″ show_title=”0″ show_description=”0″ F300024=”15″ F310236=”my domain” billing_firstname=”John”]
With the id parameter you specify which calculator you want to display. You can use this shortcode anywhere in WordPress. If show_title is set to 1, it will load calculator’s title. If show_title is set to 0 (zero), calculator’s title will not be loaded. show_description is the same. If set to 1, it will load description of the calculator, if set to 0, it will not load description. You can set default value of every calculator field, just add to shortcode FieldID=”Value” or for Payment field use billing_fieldname=”value”.
Plugin’s configuration allows you to insert your API key, which you receive when you register to Calculoid.com. So if you want to embrace all features of your Calculoid membership, insert your API key.
The calculator does not use iframe, so it is part of your HTML content, which is great, because it inherits your CSS styles and the calculator fit in. The same font, same color and so on.
It won’t slow down your website. The calculator is loaded asynchronously after the website is loaded.