How can i get my wordpress plugin to show where i want it to?

Question

I made a PHP code that tracks packages by getting information from a JSON file and I turned it as a Wordpress plugin. but every time I search the outcome appears on the top of the page.hw can I make it appear where I need it to?

<?php

    $url = "a url where i get my json fille";
    $code = $_POST[code];
    $data = file_get_contents("$url$code");
    $json = json_decode($data);

    echo "<table class=\"table\">";
    foreach ($json as $key => $row) {
        echo "<tr>";
        foreach ($row as $key0 => $row0) {
            echo "<th>" . $key0 . " : " . $row0 . "</th>";
        }
        echo "</tr>";
    }
    echo "</table>";
?>

you can turn it into function and just invoke it where you need it to be — Kevin, May 22 '20 at 09:06
Can you show use the plugin code? Maybe it is an option to create a shortcode and in put this in a page template or the content of the page. — rank, May 22 '20 at 09:07
You can actually just paste this code on your theme front end like in the header.php file. — omukiguy, May 22 '20 at 09:20
I want it to appear under the search bar and I have tried just pasting the code in where I want it but it doesn't work — Geri Boja, May 22 '20 at 09:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '20 at 11:00

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Try to make an Ajax call and load the result to a response div.

Check here for some ideas How to call ajax in wordpress

You can replace console.log(msg); with jQuery('#response_div').html(msg);

answered May 22 '20 at 11:00

Rizwan

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '20 at 16:14

The simplest way is to use shortcodes.

Firstly, wrap your code in a function

// NB: you can name your function anything
function trackingplugin_print_table(){
    // Not part of your code, but add it just in case
    // This simply checks if user submitted anything
    if( ! $_POST['code'] ) {
       return;
    }
    $url = "a url where i get my json fille";
    $code = $_POST[code];
    $data = file_get_contents("$url$code");
    $json = json_decode($data);

    echo "<table class=\"table\">";
    foreach ($json as $key => $row) {
        echo "<tr>";
        foreach ($row as $key0 => $row0) {
            echo "<th>" . $key0 . " : " . $row0 . "</th>";
        }
        echo "</tr>";
    }
    echo "</table>";
}

Then add the shortcode to WordPress More Info Here

// NB: you can also name your shortcode whatever you want
add_shortcode( 'trackingplugin', 'trackingplugin_print_table' );

Then use the shortcode [trackingplugin] wherever you want. In this case it would be after the form.

How can i get my wordpress plugin to show where i want it to?

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