UPDATE 2008-04-16: Well crud. I was just re-reading the WP 2.5 announcement post for something else, and spotted a bit about security updates between 2.3.3 and 2.5. So my previous advice about 2.3.3 being okay was incorrect. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Blogs, Search, Security, WordPress
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Also tagged payattention, Search, Security, Spam, Technorati, Themes, upgrade, Upgrades, WordPress
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If you already run WordPress, then you’ve probably seen the other announcements in your Dashboard about the release of WordPress 2.5. There are plenty of details in the Development Blog posting, so I won’t rehash the feature list here. [...]
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. [...]
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
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Posted in Blogging, Plugins, WordPress
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Also tagged app, avatar, avatars, Beta, easy-gravatars, gravatar, gravatars, headmeta, plugin, text-filter-suite, theme-preview, WordPress
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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
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Posted in Plugins, Semantics, Tech, WordPress
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Also tagged features, interface, plugin, reactivate, safemode, ui, usability, WordPress
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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
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Posted in Plugins, WordPress
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Also tagged app, avatar, avatars, easy-gravatars, gravatar, gravatars, plugin, Releases, update, WordPress
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Several people have reported problems using my Easy Gravatars plugin together with Joost de Valk’s Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Plugins, WordPress
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Also tagged analytics, avatar, avatars, bugfix, easy-gravatars, Google, gravatar, gravatars, icons, patch, plugin, SEO, WordPress
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Over on BlogSecurity, there’s a whitepaper on How to create a secure WordPress install. It covers several areas, including MySQL setup, WordPress user configuration, Apache protection of directories, and some useful plugins. [...]
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
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Posted in Plugins, WordPress
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Also tagged app, avatar, avatars, CSS, gravatar, gravatars, images, personalization, plugin, WordPress
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