Apr 12, 2026
Embed Live Metal Prices on Any Site — Introducing Metal Sentinel Widgets
We just shipped something we've wanted for a long time: free, embeddable metal price widgets that work on any website, with zero signup and zero API keys.
If you run a jewelry shop on Shopify, a bullion blog on WordPress, a scrap metal site on plain HTML, or a dashboard on anything in between — you can now show real-time Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Copper, Nickel, Aluminum, Lead and Zinc prices with one line of HTML.
No scripts. No SDK. No account. Just paste and ship.
Why we built this
Our API has always been the fastest way for developers to pull metal prices into their apps. But not everyone wants to write code. We kept hearing the same question from WordPress users, Shopify store owners, and content creators:
"I just want a little price box on my sidebar. Do I really need to hire a developer for that?"
The answer should be no. So we built widgets.
What's in the box
10 metals, live-updating: Gold (AU), Silver (AG), Platinum (PT), Palladium (PD), Rhodium (RH), Copper (CU), Nickel (NI), Aluminum (AL), Lead (PB), Zinc (ZN).
180+ currencies, from USD and EUR to JPY, CNY, RUB, MXN, AUD, CAD and everything in between. If your audience prices things in dirhams, rupees or reals, we've got you.
6 themes to match your site's vibe:
Light — clean and neutral, pairs with most designs
Dark — for dark-mode sites and dashboards
Vibe — warm gradient, modern and punchy
Artistic — soft, editorial feel for blogs and magazines
Industrial — utilitarian, great for commodity and trade sites
Space — deep, futuristic look for fintech and crypto-adjacent products
How it works
Three steps. Really.
Pick a widget. Use the configurator to choose metal, currency, and theme. You get a live preview as you click.
Copy the snippet. One click copies a single
<iframe>tag to your clipboard.Paste and ship. Drop it into any post, page, sidebar, or template. It renders instantly — no build step, no JavaScript to wire up.
That's it. The iframe phones home to Metal Sentinel, pulls the latest price, and renders it sandboxed on your page. No cookies, no tracking, no dependencies that break when you update your theme.
Works everywhere
Because it's a plain iframe, it works anywhere HTML works:
WordPress — paste into a Custom HTML block, or any Classic Editor post
Shopify — drop into a page, product description, or Custom Liquid section
Webflow / Framer / Squarespace — use the embed block
Ghost, Wix, static sites, MDX — it's just HTML
Dashboards and internal tools — Notion, Retool, Google Sites, you name it
A proper WordPress plugin is coming
For the WordPress folks who want something more native than an iframe, we've built Metal Sentinel for WordPress — a real Gutenberg block plus a legacy widget for classic sidebars. All six themes, all ten metals, all the currencies, with a friendly block editor UI.
It's currently in review in the official WordPress.org Plugin Directory. As soon as it's approved, we'll link it from the widgets page.
Still want the API?
The widgets don't replace our API — they complement it. If you're building an app, a backend, a trading tool, or anything that needs raw data, our REST API is still the right call. The widgets are for when you just want to show a price, not process one.
Try it now
Head over to metal-sentinel.com/widgets, build your widget in under 30 seconds, and paste it into your site. No signup, no catch. It's free because showing a metal price shouldn't require a contract.
We'd love to see where you put it — send us a link via the contact page and we might feature it.