OilPriceAPI Widgets
Give your visitors live energy prices without writing a line of code. OilPriceAPI Widgets adds four production-ready widgets to any WordPress site, as shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks:
Oil Price Ticker
Live Brent Crude, WTI, and Natural Gas prices with 24-hour change indicators. Horizontal or vertical layouts, dark or light theme.
Diesel Price Tracker
Current U.S. national and regional retail diesel prices — East Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountain, West Coast, and California — updated weekly from EIA data.
Fuel Surcharge Calculator
Industry-standard fuel surcharge calculation from the current diesel price and your configurable base price. Used by trucking and logistics companies to publish surcharge schedules.
Carbon Cost Calculator
CO2 emissions and carbon cost estimates based on EPA emission factors and a configurable carbon price. Useful for ESG reporting and sustainability content.
All four widgets work immediately after install — no API key, no account, no configuration required. Prices come from OilPriceAPI, the commodity price API used by energy, logistics, and fintech teams.
Features
- No API key required — widgets work immediately after install
- Dark and light themes — match your site design
- Lightweight — each widget is under 30KB, loaded async, only on pages that use it
- Auto-updating — prices refresh every 5 minutes
- Shortcodes and Gutenberg block — use either method
- Configurable defaults — set once in Settings > OilPriceAPI, override per widget
- Responsive — works on mobile and desktop
For developers
Need the raw data behind the widgets — historical prices, more commodities, or programmatic access?
- Get a free API key — the free tier includes 200 requests/month
- PHP SDK:
composer require oilpriceapi/oilpriceapi - API documentation
- Interactive API explorer
Also Available As
OilPriceAPI is available across many platforms:
- Python SDK: pypi.org/project/oilpriceapi — Python client with Pandas integration
- Node.js SDK: npmjs.com/package/oilpriceapi — TypeScript/JavaScript SDK
- PHP SDK: packagist.org/packages/oilpriceapi/oilpriceapi —
composer require oilpriceapi/oilpriceapi - Go SDK: github.com/OilpriceAPI/oilpriceapi-go — Go client
- MCP Server: github.com/OilpriceAPI/mcp-server — oil prices in Claude and other AI assistants
- Google Sheets Add-on: Custom functions like =OILPRICE(« BRENT_CRUDE_USD »)
- Excel Add-in: Energy price comparison in Excel
Get your free API key at oilpriceapi.com/signup.