bEtsy plugin for WordPress - Display your items for sale on Etsy

I installed the bEtsy plugin for WordPress on Hopelessly Entangled String Puppet, my personal craft blog. bEtsy (I found it here, it is not in the Official WordPress Plugin directory) is designed to display items for sale in your Etsy store. On the right you can see how it looks.

High Points

- None

Low Points

- Does not display pictures.
- Does not have a title.
- Is not widgetized. That means you will have to go into your template code and add the code yourself.

Verdict: Do not install

I offer you two simpler solutions:

1. Configure your RSS

If your template supports widgets and you do not want to fiddle with code, go into Presentation > Widgets (Screen shot.) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and drag the RSS1 box to the sidebar. You can click on the icon to the right of RSS1 in your widget list to configure it. Enter the URL of your Etsy RSS.

To get your RSS URL go to your Etsy store and find the icon shown above. The RSS this shop icon is at the bottom of the right-side column. Right click on it and Copy the URL or Link.

Simply paste it into your widget configuration, add a title and click on the [X]. DO NOT FORGET to click on Save Changes button.

Here is the results on as it appeared on this blog. Basically the same as the bEtsy plugin I am reviewing.

2. Add an Etsy Mini-Store

If you are comfortable editing your theme to include new code, you can create an Etsy mini. This option is available at the end of the left hand-side column in Your Etsy administration interface. Using this official badge maker from Etsy will accomplish much more beautiful gallery and it can be customized to show your items horizontally or vertically. You can even paste this code inside your blog posts as I have done below.

Conclusion

At this time, there are no solutions that are BOTH easy and pretty to display Etsy items for sale on your blog.