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AlexaREST APIBriefingstable · v1.2.20

Simple Alexa News Briefing

Turn your latest posts into an Alexa Flash Briefing feed via a REST endpoint.

Overview

Simple Alexa News Briefing exposes your latest WordPress posts as an Alexa Flash Briefing feed through a REST API endpoint (/wp-json/simplealexa/v1/briefing). Set a default number of items from the dashboard, or override it per request with a count query parameter.

Key features

  • Exposes the feed via WP REST API (/wp-json/simplealexa/v1/briefing).
  • Admin setting for the default number of items.
  • Optional ?count= query parameter to override the default.
  • Internationalization ready — bring your own .po/.mo files.
  • Git Updater compatible for updates straight from GitHub.
Quick install
1cd wp-content/plugins
2git clone https://github.com/gioxx/wp-simplealexa
3# Activate 'Simple Alexa News Briefing', then set the default count under Settings > Alexa Briefing
WordPress min6.0+
PHP compat7.4+

You can install this plugin manually over SSH — connect to your server and run these commands inside your wp-content/plugins directory:

SSH
1wget -O wp-simplealexa-1.2.2.zip "https://github.com/gioxx/wp-simplealexa/archive/refs/heads/main.zip"
2unzip wp-simplealexa-1.2.2.zip
3rm -rf wp-simplealexa/
4mv gioxx-wp-simplealexa-*/ wp-simplealexa/
5rm wp-simplealexa-1.2.2.zip

Alternatively, download the ZIP above and upload it from Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in your WordPress dashboard, or via FTP/SFTP.

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