Tag Archives: plugins

Comment Quiz plugin v1.1.1

A new version of the Comment Quiz plugin is up. 1.1.1 has some important bug fixes, so if you’re using any earlier version, I highly recommend picking this up.
I finally figured out SVN, so it’s on the official WordPress repository. In layman’s terms that means that automatic update will do the job for [...]

Virtual Multiblog 2.5

I’ve just released Virtual Multiblog for WordPress version 2.5. This has some significant bug fixes and other improvements. If you’ve had trouble getting it to work in the past, I’ve reworked the code that determines which blog is active, and I think this will help a lot of people.
A major improvement in this [...]

JavaScript Pull-Quotes 2.2 for WordPress

I just uploaded the new version 2.2 of my JavaScript Pull-Quotes plugin for WordPress.
Improvements:

German translation (Danke Mattias… or is it “Dank“?)
Updated the .po files for people creating or updating translations
Improvements to how the system handles changes to the contents of the “styles” folder.
A menu icon for those using Ozh’s Admin Drop Down Menu plugin

…plus the [...]

Hit a Moving Target in your WordPress Plugin

In recent changes to WordPress code, users are more than ever able to customize folder and file locations. The wp-config.php file can now be located one directory up from the one containing WordPress. The wp-content folder can be moved arbitrarily, as can (separately) the plugins folder. What’s a poor plugin author to [...]

Virtual Multiblog — how to use unique headers on blogs running the same theme

One of the most common questions I get regarding the Virtual Multiblog system for WordPress comes from people wanting to have multiple blogs running on the same theme, but with a different header for each blog. It can be done, and it’s fairly easy to do. Once you have it set up, you [...]

Use Custom Actions in Your WordPress Plugins

If you’ve been using WordPress for any amount of time, you’ve probably come across a plugin that asks you to add something to your template. The instructions will say something like:
Insert the following into your theme files where you want the plugin’s widget to appear:
<?php my_plugin_widget() ?>

The slightly more intelligent instructions will understand that [...]

Log Deprecated Calls plugin 0.4

New version 0.4 of the Log Deprecated Calls plugin.
Now it has an option to toggle logging to the PHP Log, or a table in the database, or both. If logging to the database you can view the records on the admin page (under Plugins->Deprecated Calls. It also has a test function, and if [...]

More than a mere WordPress plugin — Automatic Timezone

Otto has released his Automatic Timezone Plugin as part of the current WordPress plugin competition. In addition to being a handy plugin, it comes with a significant bonus for plugin authors.
In addition to its basic function, the code is designed to serve as a tutorial of sorts, showing authors how to use some very [...]