Tag Archives: Plugin
Published
May 23, 2009
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In WordPress
If you are a seasoned (or just a budding) WordPress Plugin author, then here is your chance to show off some of your coding skills. Weblogs Tools Collection is conducting their annual WordPress Plugin Competition.
Dates
The competition began on May 1st and will run till July 31st, a total of three months. You have to develop a new WordPress Plugin and release it in the Plugin Competition blog before the end date.
Prizes
The list of prizes are yet to be released (waiting for sponsors), but there will be a minimum of $1000 for the winner.
Rules
The following are some of the important rules.
- Should be GPL compatible
- Compatible with WordPress 2.7 and above.
- Be secure and use secure coding methods.
- Should be made available through the WordPress Extend pages
- Announced and discussed on the Plugin Competition Blog.
- Preliminary support has to be provided to the public.
So guys, it’s time to sharpen your WordPress skills and all the best for the competition.
PS: I am working on a Plugin (my entry for the competition) and will release it soon. Stay tuned 🙂
Posted in WordPress
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Tagged Competition, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
May 8, 2009
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In Plugin Releases
I just found that the bug which was in my Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin that deleted drafts in a particular category when only posts were selected was also present in my Bulk Move WordPress Plugin.
I have updated the Plugin with the fix for the bug and you can download it from the Plugin home page. I have also uploaded the Plugin to the official directory to make your update process painless.
If you want to only move posts from a category to another and not the drafts, then you need to update to the latest version.
Let me know if you find any issues with the Plugin.
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Bulk Move, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
Apr 14, 2009
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In Plugin Releases
I have fixed a bug in my Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin, which deleted drafts in a particular category even if only posts were selected. Thanks to one review for reporting it.
If you want to only delete posts in a category and not drafts, then you need to update to the latest version.
You can download the latest version from the Plugins home page. I have also uploaded the Plugin to the official directory to make your update process painless.
I am working on other features for the Plugin like deleting posts waiting for pending reviews etc. So stay tuned 🙂
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Bulk Delete, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
Mar 28, 2009
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In WordPress
After writing some WordPress Plugins recently, I found that it takes a lot of effort to generate the Readme file for each of them.
For the uninitiated, readme file is a text file which has meta information about the Plugin and is usually bundled with the Plugin. Readme files for WordPress Plugins are very important, especially if you are planning to upload them to the official repository. WordPress follows a standard for the readme file so that the official repository can parse the meta information present in the file and render it like shown in the below screenshot.
The official Plugin repository has a sample readme file and also a validator. The readme file should have some tags and the text should be specified in the markdown format.
I was looking for ways to automate the process of generating these readme files and didn’t find a solution. So I created my own 🙂
You can find the WordPress Plugin readme file generator in my projects page and you can use it to generate the readme file for your WordPress Plugins too. 🙂
Try it out guys and let me know if you want any other feature to be added to it.
Posted in WordPress
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Tagged Plugin, Readme, WordPress, wp-readme
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Published
Feb 7, 2009
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In Plugin Releases
After I released my Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin (which can be used to delete posts in bulk) some of the readers of this blog asked me if there is a Plugin to move posts from one category to another in bulk rather than deleting them.
So I have created another Plugin called Bulk Move, which you can use to move posts from one category to another in bulk.
Screenshot
The following is the screenshot of the admin interface
Download
You can download the Plugin for my WordPress Plugin page.
Disclaimer
Similar to the Bulk Delete Plugin, there is no way to undo the changes done once the categories are moved. So be very careful while using this Plugin and also note that you cannot hold me responsible for any damages done.
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Bulk Move, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
Feb 2, 2009
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In Plugin Releases
Recently I was playing with some auto posting WordPress Plugin in my test server and it quickly filled up a particular category with posts. I then wanted to bulk-delete the posts belonging to a single category. But I could find any WordPress Plugin to bulk-delete posts based on category or tag. So I created one. 🙂
So guys I am releasing a new Plugin called Bulk Delete, which you can use to delete posts based on category or tag. I have also added abilities to delete all drafts, all post revisions or all pages.
Screenshot
The following is the screenshot of the admin interface.
Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin Screenshot
Download
You can download the Plugin for my WordPress Plugin page.
Disclaimer
Please note that there is no way to retrieve the posts once they are deleted. So be very careful while using this Plugin and also note that you cannot hold me responsible for any damages done. 🙂
Update: If you are just looking for a Plugin to move the posts from one category to anothe in bulk, rather than deleting them, then check out my Bulk Move Plugin instead.
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Bulk Delete, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
Jan 31, 2009
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In Plugin Releases
I have updated the my Open Flash Chart Core WordPress Plugin to version 0.4
This is a mandatory update. So please update it.
I have fixed a couple of bugs and have also introduced two new options which you can use in your own Plugins which depend on Open Flash Chart Core Plugin. The following are the two options.
- SM_OFC_PHP_INC – This constant contains the directory (include) path to the Open flash chart PHP library
- SM_OFC_INC_URL – This constant contains the url path to the open-flash-chart.swf file.
If you are a WordPress Plugin developer, check out the Plugin’s page to find out ways to intergrate this Plugin with your other WordPress Plugins.
You can download the latest version from the Plugin page.
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Open Flash Chart, Plugin, WordPress
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Published
Dec 30, 2008
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In Plugin Releases
Year End stats, my WordPress Plugin which displays some fancy stats about your blog, has been updated to 0.3
This version requires my Open Flash Chart Core Plugin to be installed and activated. Please note that you cannot use Year End Stats Plugin without activating Open Flash Chart Core Plugin. You can download Open Flash Chart Core Plugin from my Plugin page.
The major change in version 0.3 is the inclusion of flash based graphs (which you can save as image). You can see these graphs in action at Leau.net (First 4 images)
If you prefer only text data, you can continue to use version 0.2 but if you want visualize the data graphically, then you need to upgrade to version 0.3
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Open Flash Chart, Plugin, WordPress, Year End Stats
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Published
Dec 28, 2008
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In Plugin Releases
Open Flash Chart is an excellent Flash-based, open source charting component which can be used to create high-quality charts with ease. The advantage of using flash is that you can create professional quality charts with minimum effort, but the only disadvantage is that the user viewing the charts needs to have Adobe Flash Plugin installed in his browser.
It is released under open source and you are free to modify it if you know Flash and Action Script. If you are planning to start, then it has excellent tutorials and a huge array of libraries. Both Akismet stats and WordPress stats Plugin use this for displaying data in charts.
I was playing with Open Flash Chart, sometime ago and decided to use it for my Year End Stats WordPress Plugin. Instead of just including the required files with the Plugin, I separated them out into a separate WordPress Plugin so that it can be shared by other Plugins as well.
You can download the Plugin file from my Plugin page and then upload it to your wp-contents directory.
If you are a WordPress Plugin developer, then you can check my Year End Stats Plugin to find out how to integrate Open Flash Chart in your WordPress Plugin.
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged Open Flash Chart, Plugin, stats, WordPress
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Published
Aug 13, 2008
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In Plugin Releases
Yet another update to my Post2FF WordPress Plugin. Now the latest version (v0.5) supports scheduled posts too. You can download the latest version from my Plugin page.
Special thanks to Cmiper and Phill Price for reporting the bug. FriendFeed community really rocks! 🙂
Posted in Plugin Releases
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Tagged FriendFeed, Plugin, Post To FriendFeed, WordPress
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