PC Hardware Price Aggregator & Scraper (WordPress Plugin)

A high-performance, multi-vendor computer hardware price aggregator, real-time catalog scraper, and historical price tracker plugin for WordPress. Tracks live inventory, specs, and prices across top Indian retailers (MDComputers, PrimeABGB, and Vishal Peripherals).

Features

• Multi-Vendor Scraping:
  • MDComputers (mdcomputers.in): Headless browser session with cookie jar persistence, warm-up session handshake, authentic browser headers, and Brotli/Gzip decompression.
  • PrimeABGB (primeabgb.com): GTM JSON metadata extraction for 100% exact in-stock validation.
  • Vishal Peripherals (vishalperipherals.com): JSON-LD schema parsing and multi-currency conversion.
• Relational MySQL Database: 4 custom tables (pcha_components, pcha_vendor_prices, pcha_price_history, pcha_component_specs).
• Entity Matching & Normalization Engine: Multi-tiered fuzzy matching with Levenshtein distance, MPN/SKU matching, and automatic specification extraction.
• Admin Dashboard & Live Terminal: Real-time console log with streaming updates and KPI statistics.
• Automated CRON Scheduling: Configurable recurring background sync intervals.
• Database Backup & CSV Tools: Full catalog export, import, and clean wipe utilities.
• Theme Bridge: Automatically syncs master components and lowest in-stock prices into WordPress Custom Post Types (pc_component).

Installation

1. Download the latest pc-hardware-aggregator.zip from Releases.
2. In WordPress Admin, navigate to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
3. Upload pc-hardware-aggregator.zip and click Activate Plugin.
4. Access the dashboard at PC Hardware Hub in the WordPress admin menu.

File Structure

pc-hardware-aggregator/
├── assets/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── admin.css
│   └── js/
│       └── admin.js
├── includes/
│   ├── scrapers/
│   │   ├── class-mdcomputers-scraper.php
│   │   ├── class-primeabgb-scraper.php
│   │   └── class-vishalperipherals-scraper.php
│   ├── abstract-vendor-scraper.php
│   ├── class-admin-settings.php
│   ├── class-backup-manager.php
│   ├── class-database-manager.php
│   ├── class-entity-matcher.php
│   ├── class-plugin-core.php
│   ├── class-scheduler.php
│   └── class-theme-bridge.php
├── templates/
│   ├── admin-backup.php
│   ├── admin-dashboard.php
│   └── component-list.php
└── pc-hardware-aggregator.php

License

GPL-2.0+ License.