Generic Stats WordPress Plugin on version 1.2
Just another short little note to say that the Generic Stats plugin has been upgraded.
There are no MAJOR changes.
Here are the changes that HAVE been made:
- * Updated look & feel of admin page
- * Changed to use new “get options” methods
- * Added pretty little “Plugin Appreciation” box on the Admin page
- * Updated links to the plugin’s pages
Go read more about this plugin here:
Read MorePlease Link 2 Me Plugin updated to version 1.5
So, just a short post to say that the “Please Link 2 Me” WordPress plugin has been updated to version 1.5
Here’s a copy of the “changelog” section in the readme.txt:
= 1.5 =
* 2009/11/01
* Fixed changelog= 1.4 =
* 2009/11/01
* Recoded to use new Options methods
* Changed look & feel of admin section
* Added option to modify size of TextArea (the box for link code)
* Changed main URLs for the plugin
* Added ability to add the box to a Page
I had 2 updates today because I had a copy/paste issue with the documentation. It’s been a long day.
You can read more about it the plugin here: Please Link 2 Me WordPress Plugin
Read MoreShell Script for Automating WordPress updates for multiple blogs
Many moons ago I read Joost de Valk’s blog post about upgrading and installing WordPress from SVN. Since then, every blog I maintain I use the WordPress svn repository to check out, and to update using the simple command of “svn sw“.
But even with that ease, it can get a bit tedious to upgrade 10 blogs, for instance.
So, as all “script writers” that are in between TV Series do, I wrote a script to automate this.
Read MoreUpdated my plugins – Please Read This!
I’ve updated my 3 WordPress plugins:
WordPress Generic Statistics Plugin
I fell prey to the whole “serializing serialized options”. In the words of DD32:
Ahah! One of those people who insist on passing serialized data to update_option()…
Honestly: update_option() serializes any non-string data thats passed to it allready, get_option() will unserialize on return as well, In some cases you can end up with PHP double-serializing the string which while your code works fine with, it can create higher load on PHP..
My advice to all plugin developers: Just pass the data in and let the API do the serializing…
(Nothing really negitive towards you meant by this message)
(That wasn’t directed at me, but I did learn from it)
So, please update.
Warning
BUT! And this is a BIG BUT!
This upgrade will corrupt any previous settings you had. I’m really sorry about this. And believe me, any pain you go through because of this, I’ve already felt. I just had to upgrade 12 blogs, and manually re-add the settings that were removed. 
WordPress 2.6 is out and it’s Turbo Charged
It’s finally here. And a month ahead of schedule.
Why am I so excited for a new release of WordPress?
If you read my “Google Gears and WordPress” post, you’ll see. Working from a South African internet connection (the miserable iBurst to be exact), I REALLY appreciate the fact that it is now MUCH quicker to do things like place images and links inside my posts.
What else is new in this version of WordPress?
Here’s a video to highlight the major changes:
- Post Revisions: Wiki-like tracking of edits
- Press This!: Post from wherever you are on the web
- Theme Previews: See it before your audience does
- Word count!
- Image captions
- Bulk management of plugins
- Full SSL support
For descriptions of these, visit the WordPress Development blog.
Read MoreHotlink 2 Link WordPress Plugin
Here’s a new plugin I’ve written for WordPress users who want to benefit from everybody who hotlinks to their images.
A little background on HotLinking
If you write an article and place an image in your post, that image most likely sits on your web server. Every time somebody views your post, that person’s browser will download the image.
If somebody else likes this image, they can put it in their own article in 2 ways:
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