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Easy Gravatars 1.2

3/6/2008 – 4:52 pm

Earlier today, I released Easy Gravatars version 1.2. The only change (besides confirming that works in WordPress 2.5, currently in beta, due out next week) is that when installed under WordPress 2.5 or newer, it will use the new core get_avatar() function to generate the image tag. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in WordPress | Tagged avatar, avatars, CSS, gravatar, gravatars, images, personalization, plugin, Plugins, WordPress | Comments (27)

WordPress 2.5 Beta

3/2/2008 – 9:49 pm

I just upgraded this site to WordPress 2.5 Beta. So far, everything appears to be working just fine.

And since I know lots of people will ask, I checked my plugins, and most of them (HeadMeta, Text Filter Suite, and Easy Gravatars), work just fine. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogging, WordPress | Tagged app, avatar, avatars, Beta, easy-gravatars, gravatar, gravatars, headmeta, plugin, Plugins, text-filter-suite, theme-preview, WordPress | Comments (26)

Reactivate All Plugins feature in WordPress 2.5

1/22/2008 – 12:11 pm

Once upon a time, I whipped up a Reactivate All Plugins feature for WordPress, to compliment the Deactivate All Plugins action (which is recommended before an upgrade). [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Semantics, Tech, WordPress | Tagged features, interface, plugin, Plugins, reactivate, safemode, ui, usability, WordPress | Comments (44)

Twitterings

12/13/2007 – 6:04 pm

You might have already noticed, but I finally hopped onto the Twitter bandwagon. You can see my latest tweets in the sidebar (it’s the “What I’m Doing” section), and I currently have it auto-posting a daily summary here on the blog (courtesy of the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress). [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogging, Community, Services, WordPress | Tagged alexking, plugin, Plugins, RSS, SocialNetworks, tweets, twitter, twittertools, WordPress | Comments (26)

Easy Gravatars version 1.1

11/16/2007 – 11:26 am

My Easy Gravatars plugin is now in the WordPress Plugin Directory, and I’ve released version 1.1.

Changes:

Gravatar images now link to comment author’s URL, if provided.
Gravatar code now prepended to text instead of appended.
Added stylesheet for options page and improved layout. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in WordPress | Tagged app, avatar, avatars, easy-gravatars, gravatar, gravatars, plugin, Plugins, Releases, update, WordPress | Comments (46)

Easy Gravatars with Google Analytics Plugin

11/9/2007 – 9:56 am

Several people have reported problems using my Easy Gravatars plugin together with Joost de Valk’s Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in WordPress | Tagged analytics, avatar, avatars, bugfix, easy-gravatars, Google, gravatar, gravatars, icons, patch, plugin, Plugins, SEO, WordPress | Comments (6)

Easy Gravatars Plugin

10/24/2007 – 6:33 pm

Since so many people seemed to be interested, I went ahead and coded up my new Gravatars plugin: Easy Gravatars. It’s designed to be simple to use — just upload and activate. If you want it to be a little harder, you can visit the plugin’s options page to set the size and rating for the gravatars, and even set the location of a default image, and tweak the CSS a little bit.

Download: easygravatars.zip

I’m going to put it in the WordPress Plugin Repository when I get a chance. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in WordPress | Tagged app, avatar, avatars, CSS, gravatar, gravatars, images, personalization, plugin, Plugins, WordPress | Comments (112)

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

9/19/2007 – 10:11 am

Ahoy! It’s time fer Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Ye’ll be sleepin’ with the fishes! Don’t forget t’ install me Text Filter Suite Plugin if ye want t’ get yer WordPress blog into th’ action.

By Dougal | Also posted in Holidays, Pirates, TalkLikeAPirate, WordPress | Tagged Fun, Holidays, Humor, Pirates, plugin, Plugins, TalkLikeAPirate, WordPress | Comments (14)

WP-Cache fix for Content-Type in feeds

6/19/2007 – 12:56 pm

If you run a busy WordPress site, or even if your site just has a lot of processor-intensive plugins, then you probably already run the WP-Cache plugin (plugin directory, original announcment, recent security update info). [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Software, Standards, Syndication, WordPress | Tagged Atom, Feeds, PHP, plugin, Plugins, Syndication, WordPress | Comments (12)

Plugin Management

4/20/2007 – 1:30 pm

One of the new features in the upcoming WordPress 2.2 release is an option to “Deactivate All Plugins” with one click. Our standard advice is to deactivate all your plugins before upgrading so that out-of-date plugins won’t break your system mid-upgrade. [...]