Since Talk Like a Pirate Day is only three weeks away, I spent some time this weekend revamping my old Fun Filters hack. The result is a new plugin for WordPress 1.2 or higher, which I call the Text Filter Suite. This version basically provides a post and comment filtering framework, which can be controlled on a per-post basis.
Download: text-filter-suite.zip or text-filter-suite.tar.gzYou can find the current version of the Text Filter Suite plugin in the WordPress Plugins Directory.
Just to demonstrate, all comments to this post will be piratized. You don’t have to do anything special. Just write your comment as you normally would.
There is more information in the README file.
Update 2004/09/19: Fixed a bug in the pirate filter which caused comments to break on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Update 2005/09/13: I’ve updated the code a bit since last year to make it compatible with WordPress 1.5. Also, there are a few new pirate phrases and some new acronym expansions in tfs-acronymit. Lastly, I added the licensing information to the README (it’s GPL, if you didn’t already guess).
Update 2005/09/13 #2: Kelson Vibber discovered a problem with Comment RSS feeds, which I’ve tracked down. Unfortunately, fixing it requires modifying a core file (wp-commentsrss2.php). The problem is that if the most recent post on your site has a filter specified in the comment_filter custom post field, all comments in the site comments feed will be filtered (feeds for individual posts will only be filtered if a filter is specified on the post). This is due to to the way that the comments feed is currently generated. I’m going to try to find time to put in some patches for this in the next version of WordPress. In the meantime, you can download my patched version of the file (.phps, .txt, .zip), or re-download the TFS Plugin archive, which now includes the fixed version.
Update 2007-04-26: Some people have asked if this plugin is compatible with newer versions of WordPress. The answer is ‘yes’. At the time I write this, this site is running WP 2.1.3, and the plugin is working just fine. One day, when I can find time, I’m going to rewrite this plugin, give it a sexy web-based configuration interface, and put it into the official wp-plugins repository. More news when there’s news to report.
Update 2008-09-19: Currently running on WordPress 2.6.2, and still working fine.
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Let’s try this now.
What would I say if I were a pirate. I’d say quite th' same ’cause I’d stay quite th' same.
Aye, me, a pirate, right!
I just wanted t' try out th' piratizin' stuff, pass the grog! Everyone loves talk like a pirate day.
Thanks fer th' mention in yer credits fer this, but th' MovableJive filter has very little original code from me. I swiped th' “translations” from elsewhere (but I don’t recall where).
Adam said:
Regardless, it were yer MovableJive plugin that I re-borrowed it from, and I wanted t' try t' give credit where credit were due
I’m tryin' out this pirate stuff. I’m not sure I reckon how it really works.
Well, here we go so it better be illuminatin'…
Dougal,
I’m glad that ye created this as a plugin! Thank ye, good sir. I plan on creatin' a Newfoundland version o' th' filter, so I’ll let ye know how that goes!
I say, this has t' be one o' th' most amusin' plugins e'er. I might just install it fer fun. I also like how ye can add filterin' t' th' whole blog with an extra query strin' parameter.
Okay, I am so usin' this on me site on Talk Like a Pirate Day. This be so fun, avast. Thanks!
Avast, I were wonderin' when Talk Like a Pirate day is comin' up. This be a handy reminder.
Arrrr! Thank ye fer this filter. I’m definitely usin' it on TLAPD.
Das wollen wir mal ausprobieren. This be a test.
Just wanted t' test this Pirate stuff out, it seems pretty cool t' me!
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated t' th' proposition that all men are created equal.
Avast, this is great, avast! Now all I and me team need is dubloons, whiskey, fair wenches, strong backs, a fair sea, a followin' wind, and good omens!
Thank ye fer th' plug-in, too fun!!!
Cool plug-in Dougal. I enabled it on th' “Talk Like a Pirate Day” post on me site, and will keep it enabled through th' 19th. Aha! Shiver me timbers! Just one thin' though: It doesn’t appear t' be playin' nice with Owen Winkler’s Adhesive plug-in. Works fine in th' permalinks t' th' sticky posts though.
Very cool plugin! Thanks a bundle fer makin' it available!
are ye bucket o' chum, go walk th' planl
flase hype
Is it possible t' have this plugin work on all th' posts instead o' per post?
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated t' th' proposition that “all men are created equal”
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testin' whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field o' that war. We have come t' dedicate a portion o' it, as a final restin' place fer those who snuffed it here, that th' nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow, this ground — The brave men, livin' and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power t' add or detract. Aha! The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can ne'er forget what they did here.
fancy! pirates own. this is amazin'.
Yo ho yo ho a pirate’s life fer me.
Welcome t' me birthday party – choose yer weapon and join th' crew fer some chow, drinks, and fightin'!
Happy Birthday t' ye
I’m just testin' this filter out, thanks!
Thanks fer yer work, ye will be missed.
Am I goin' somewhere?
I’m just tryin' t' see how this works.
I thank ye, this is really cool functionality ye’ve added, lubber!
Cool stuff
Good t' have ye aboard! Pick up yer bat and swin'!!!! Nay need t' acclimate!
Nice t' have another MUS judge here. . .especially one who has a better handle on what is goin' on than Kirk, by Davy Jones' locker!
Speak truthfully and frankly at all times. . Yaaarrrrr! .no rules. . .except fer th' ones in th' welcome thread. You have passed th' first test by doin' an intro! And swab the deck! THanks!!
WELCOME!!
Sweet Acid… This be possibly th' collest hack e'er… I am goin' t' install this onto me blog ASAP… Here goes nuttin!
Just testin' th' filter out.
[Ed. Yaaarrrrr! note: profanity removed.]
The quick brown fox jumped o'er th' lazy dog.
Ahoy me hearties. Shiver me timbers, host th' mainsail and lubber th' cannons. Shiver me timbers! There is klingons on th' starboard bow Cap'n. You see I don’t need this filter I can speak pirate anyway! Still this is very cool, I'll warrant ye. In fact Roger The Cabin Boy says it is cool enough t' freeze th' balls o' a brass monkey!
What is talk like a pirate?
so what is this all about. text filters are some kind o' a mistery t' me. What are they used fer ?
Just testin' this out … seein' how it works and … hopefully talkin' like a pirate
Yet another test
hello, bla bla bla, really ?
this is only a daft test comment, so don’t bother ;>
Avast really cool, nice keep on goin'!
Avast ye scurvy sea dogs! Shiver me timbers! And swab the deck! Prepare t' be boarded, ye swarthy flock o' sea-gherkins, ye scurvey dog! Blisterin' barnacles!
I am not sure what this plugin is supposed t' do but all th' comments are in pirate’s lingo.. Does th' plugin change normal english t' pirate talk?
I sure guessed it correct
Actually, it’s a suite o' several plugins. The pirate filter is just one o' them. The sharks will eat well tonight! There are also filters fer Swedish Chef, Jive, and others. Plus a more practical one which will provide hover titles fer acronyms (e.g. Ye'll be sleepin' with the fishes! HTML).
Yaaarrrrr! And swab the deck! I be officially supportin' Talk Like a Pirate Day o'er here. This be comment number sixty-two
hello their matey. I just wanted t' give this thin' a try. I thank ye fer this site mate.
Can I please have a large Boddingtons beer please miss.
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At th' end o' tfs-pirate.php, change th' final if statement. Oho! Instead o' add_filter(‘all’,'pirate’); Do: add_filter(‘the_content’,'pirate’); add_filter(‘comment_text’,'pirate’); Or just re-download th' package
This Sunday is International Talk like a Pirate Day, and in honor o’ this glorious holiday, this post, plus all th’ comments that are added t’ it will be automagically converted t’ Pirate via Dougal’s snazzy Text Filter Suite . Post from me will likely be infrequent fer th’ next week or so as I bear down on various projects that are approachin’ deadline, hope ye all are doin’ well. Oh and look fer version .7 RC 1 o’
Thanks t’ Doug’s text filters , I’ve started usin’ th’ plugins on this site. This particular one purports t’ transform this post into pirate-speak. Ye'll be sleepin' with the fishes! Interestin’.
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