hukdpress
Automagical display of deals from hotukdeals.com on your post or page. Requires a free API key available from hotukdeals.com/rest-api
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hukdpress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 17 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 16 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 2.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where hukdpress stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| deals | >100 |
| finder | >100 |
| hotukdeals | #1 |
| products | >100 |
About hukdpress
From the official readme · v1.1Description
hukdpress (pronounced hucked-press, or something similar), is a magical, shiny and some even say mystical wordpress
plugin that uses the API from the awesome guys at hotukdeals.com.
The plugin appends to any post, or page you want, a list of deals sourced from hotukdeals.com which match some criteria which
you specify on a per-post basis. It’s great for showing the best prices or latest offers on the subject of your post or page.
Now, to use this plugin, you need to apply for an API key directly from hotukdeals.com,
but thats cool. It’s totally free.
Now, lets give the bad news before the good news. The plugin will work fine on IE6, but might look ugly because of pretty
transparency used all over the place. All other modern browsers are supported. Maybe even lynx, but thats up to you to try.
Features:
- Full non-javascript support for the odd people who don’t use it.
- Full support of all the aspects of the hotukdeals.com API.
- Restrict your searches to various categories of hotukdeals.com
- Cache! Everything is cached (if you want..) to stop you hitting you API limit if you have thousands of viewers.
- Javascript enabled users unknowingly handle updating the cache by AJAX, so there are no slowdowns in page loads.
- “Basic” mode disables all the pretty curves in case your theme doesn’t look good with the default settings.
- Configuration of colours, scrolling wait times, number of deals, areas to search.. pretty much everything.
- Optional integration with twitter means your viewers can tweet deals they find via. your site.
- Automagic validation of your API key upon entry.
Requirements:
- Requires wordpress 2.8 thanks to everything thats shiny and new and makes this stuff easier
- Any version of PHP 5
For what its worth, this is my first wordpress plugin. But don’t hold that against it – it’s actually pretty neat,
and you know, works, which is a huge plus.
TODOs
- Internationalization: Despite this being a uk-based widget, the next version will add localization support.
Installation
You have two options. The easiest is to use automagic plugin installation inside wordpress. To do that:
- Go to the administration site of your blog
- Click plugins
- Click “Add New”
- Search for “hukdpress”, then click install!
Alternatively, grab the archive, extract and put the hukdpress folder in /wp-content/plugins/, or, in detail:
- Download the plugin (zip file) using the link on the right.
- Extract the contents so you end up with a “hukdpress” folder
- Upload that whole folder (not just the contents) to /wp-content/plugins/
- Go to your blogs administration site, click plugins, then “Activate” on hukdpress
Changelog
No problems expected with upgrades
1.1
- Added detection of invalid API key (which disables all hukdpress boxes and shows an admin warning)
1.0.4
- Updating installation instructions
1.0.3
- One more update to refresh the wordpress plugin directory with various changes now the code lives here
1.0.2
- Switches to wordpress hosting for the plugin and updates readme.txt accordingly. No new features
1.0.1
- Adds a requirement for PHP 5 (it didn’t work on PHP 4 before anyway, but now it tell you)
- Improved handling of deals without merchant or prices (from other categories)
1.0
- Initial release! Yay.
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FAQ
hukdpress: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 15, 2026
Is hukdpress free?
Yes. hukdpress is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is hukdpress safe to use in 2026?
hukdpress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 17 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.
How many websites use hukdpress?
hukdpress is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,667 times since it launched in March 2010. It was downloaded 30 times in the last 30 days.
Does hukdpress work with WordPress 7.1?
hukdpress is officially tested up to WordPress 2.9.2, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was hukdpress last updated?
The latest version, 1.1, was released on March 12, 2010 (17 years ago).
Who makes hukdpress?
hukdpress is developed and maintained by Liam Gladdy.
What are the best alternatives to hukdpress?
The most popular alternatives to hukdpress are WP Coupons and Deals (1K+ installs), Coupon Plugin Lite (300+ installs) and LinkMyDeals (200+ installs).
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