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Into the Plugin Directory

Scott — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:46:19 +0000

Those who may not follow me on Twitter will likely not be aware that I’ve been in the process of continuing my effort to update all of my existing plugins and getting those updates, as well as the remaining majority of my plugins, into the Plugin Directory.

As you may know, the Official WordPress Plugin Directory is the centralized home for plugins, and is the source referred to by the plugin browser and installer that ships as part of WordPress. The plugin browser allows you, from the comfort of your own site’s administration section, to find and install plugins hosted in the Plugin Directory. The Plugin Directory also allows WordPress to know about the latest versions of plugins so that users of those plugins can get notified of those updates.

Until recently, I only had a handful of my plugins in the directory, and all of those had since been superseded by newer versions that I had released on my site. So I’ve set out to rectify the situation and begin getting the plugin directory current with my plugins.

Matt graciously fast-tracked the addition of close to 50 new plugins from me into the directory, and I have since been committing code. I am reviewing every plugin as I push them into the directory. Most are getting updates in one form or another. At the very least, I am implementing, verifying, and noting compatibility with WordPress 2.8. However, many are getting legitimate updates, even those plugins I have just recently released as part of my 22 days of plugins.

Here’s a listing of plugins that have been added/updated in the directory so far:

Admin Commenters Comments Count
Admin Expert Mode *
Admin Per Page Limits *
Admin Post Navigation *
array_partition
Commenter Emails *
Configure SMTP *
Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments
Extra Sentence Space
If File Exists
Linkify Authors
Linkify Categories
Linkify Tags
No Duplicate Comments
No Update Nag *
Omit Passworded Posts From Search
One Click Close Comments *
Parentless Categories
Peer Categories
Random File
Reveal Template
Safe Function Call
Show Pending Comments Count
wpPHPMailer
wpuntexturize

NOTE: An asterisk (*) after a name indicates the plugin has received an update that is newly introduced in the plugin directory version and not available on my site as of this moment. Please bear with me as I continue adding plugins to the plugin directory and then update this site to reference, include, and document those changes.

Following along on Twitter — @coffee2code — to stay current on the progress of getting plugins updated and added to the plugin directory. I’ll make update posts here to report on batches of updates, and will eventually make detailed posts covering the various updates.

If you are a fan of any particular of my plugins, be assured, an update is in the pipeline (if it hasn’t already been made).

Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments v1.0 (new)

Scott — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:20:19 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Adds the ability to do an in-place expansion of comment excerpts on the admin dashboard ‘Recent Comments’ widget.

For more details, instructions, screenshots, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/expandable-dashboard-recent-comments.

This is my 64th plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Show Pending Comments Count v1.0 (new)

Scott — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:27:47 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Show Pending Comments Count plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Display the pending comments count next to the approved comments count in the admin listing of posts.

For more details, instructions, screenshots, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/show-pending-comments-count.

This is my 63rd plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Rails contributors ranking

Scott — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:00:47 +0000

Recently I came across a listing of Rails contributors ranked over all time by their number of contributions. Unexpectedly, I’m currently tied for 85th out of 1,376 contributors. The rankings are by no means rigorous, based on props/hat-tips parsed from the commit logs. And as such the consideration is quantity versus quality based. Nonetheless, color me pleasantly surprised. It’s been a few years since I’ve contributed to Rails core, though I’ve been using the framework fairly regularly in the intervening time.

Looking forward to spending even more time with it in the near future. And looking forward to the changes leading up to Rails 3.

Admin Post Navigation v1.0 (new)

Scott — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:37:51 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Admin Post Navigation plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Adds links to the next and previous posts when editing a post in the WordPress admin.

For more details, instructions, screenshots, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/admin-post-navigation.

This is my 62nd plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Inject Query Posts v1.0 (new)

Scott — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:36:51 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Inject Query Posts plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Inject an array of posts into a WP query object as if queried, particularly useful to allow use of standard template tags.

For more details, instructions, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/inject-query-posts.

This is my 61st plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

List More Custom Field Names v1.0 (new)

Scott — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:56:36 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the List More Custom Field Names plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Allows for more existing custom field names to be listed in the dropdown selection field when writing a post.

For more details, instructions, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/list-more-custom-field-names.

This is my 60th plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Omit Passworded Posts From Search v1.0 (new)

Scott — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:05:46 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Omit Passworded Posts From Search plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Prevent passworded posts from being included in site search results.

For more details, instructions, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/omit-passworded-posts-from-search.

This is my 59th plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Admin Commenters Comments Count v1.0 (new)

Scott — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:03:23 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Admin Commenters Comments Count plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Next to all appearances of each commenter’s name in the admin, shows a count of their total number of comments, linked to a listing of those comments.

For more details, instructions, screenshots, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/admin-commenters-comments-count.

This is my 58th plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.

Stealth Update v1.0 (new)

Scott — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:52:57 +0000

I’d like to announce the first official release of the Stealth Update plugin (v1.0) for WordPress.

Adds the ability to update a post without updating the post_modified timestamp for the post.

For more details, instructions, screenshots, and the download link, visit the plugin’s official homepage at :
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/stealth-update.

This is my 57th plugin release.

Comments welcome on this post for this version of the plugin. Comments will be closed once this release has been superseded by another.