I have unintentionally written another plugin. I was working on the user profile chapter for the new edition, and I was trying to find plugins that allowed people to edit user profile fields without writing any code. There are a number of them for adding whole new fields, but … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: User Contact Control
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Spam link plugin for BuddyPress
TL;DR: I wrote a small BuddyPress plugin to restore the "mark as spammer" link in the admin toolbar and add a "spammer" button to the activity stream's actions. You can grab it on GitHub. Here's the deal... I maintain a small BuddyPress site, and it gets hammered with spam … [Read more...] about Spam link plugin for BuddyPress
How to do damn near anything with WordPress
A couple of the plugins listed here show up on Extend with warnings about not having been updated in the last two years. You can ignore those warnings. They haven't been updated because they were written correctly in the first place. Best Plugin for...? Great big list of best … [Read more...] about How to do damn near anything with WordPress
Selective Importers
I've released another plugin! Selective Importers was commissioned by Pressbooks, and is basically a clone of the official WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr importers with one major difference: it puts the incoming content into a queue, and from there you can choose which posts … [Read more...] about Selective Importers
new features in Content Audit: boss view, per-post expiration dates
I've updated Content Audit with two big new features. The first, suggested by Shelley Keith, is the "boss view": an overview of your content's status, with a breakdown of who's responsible for fixing it. Check out the last screenshot for an example, on a site with two editors … [Read more...] about new features in Content Audit: boss view, per-post expiration dates
HTML Import now handles documents
HTML Import 2.2 is now available, and it now handles linked documents! 2.0 introduced the image import feature, which uploads linked images to the WordPress media library. In 2.2, there's an additional option to import linked files of any type. You can specify the allowed … [Read more...] about HTML Import now handles documents
Speaking in the WP Summit 2012 – ticket giveaway! (and get your discount here)
I'm a last-minute addition to the WP Summit online conference, which is TOMORROW! I'm moderating the plugin round table at 2. The other speakers are great -- I've heard Pat, Curtiss, and Randy speak on their topics before, and they know their stuff. If you'd like to sign up, you … [Read more...] about Speaking in the WP Summit 2012 – ticket giveaway! (and get your discount here)
Small update to Twenty Links
I've just posted a minor update that fixes several bugs: incorrect URLs for subdirectory installations (props aldolet), an endless link tag in trashed post notice, and a bad layout on "not found" pages. I've also removed the plus links when viewing the home page, where they're … [Read more...] about Small update to Twenty Links
Getting tag autocomplete (and other jQuery stuff) to work for visitors
The trickiest part of the latest updates to Twenty Links was getting the tag suggest function to work for users who aren't logged in. I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to jQuery -- JavaScript in general has always been my weakest skill -- so I went looking for a handy … [Read more...] about Getting tag autocomplete (and other jQuery stuff) to work for visitors
Delicious XML Importer plugin and Twenty Links theme updated
If you use Delicious, you've probably noticed that AVOS has started rolling out some changes. As a result, I've updated the Delicious XML Importer plugin and the Twenty Links theme. Between the importer and the theme, you can set up a pretty great alternative to Delicious on your … [Read more...] about Delicious XML Importer plugin and Twenty Links theme updated
