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WordPress Download Monitor Plugin 2
This plugin has now been replaced by an updated version which you can find here. This version is good for wordpress versions below 2.5 and can be obtained here. It’s here! The new improved download...
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WordPress Sidebar Login 2 – Optimised for wordpress 2.6
At last! My sidebar login widget has evolved into ‘Sidebar Login’ which has both a widget and a template tag to allow you to have a login form in the sidebar of your wordpress powered blog. It lets...
View ArticleDownload Monitor 3.0 Beta Available
The new version of the popular wordpress plugin ‘download monitor’ is now available via wordpress.org (here). To try it download the development version. This version has many new features such as...
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WordPress Download Monitor 3
Download Monitor 3 is upon us. Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking download hits, and displaying links. So far it has been downloaded over 45,000 times! New...
View ArticleJQuery Curvy Corners 2 Early Beta Available
I have uploaded a beta of JQCC2, based on the beta version 2.0 of the official script. This now includes support for jQuery 1.3. There are still many optimisations to make and tests to perform, but the...
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WordPress Download Monitor 3 Documentation
I have had some requests asking me to improve the WordPress Download Monitor documentation, so I decided to write (and maintain) this post explaining the ins-and-outs of configuring and using the...
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Download Monitor 3.3 Beta Available for testing & feedback
WordPress Download Monitor is my popular plugin for managing files available for download in WordPress – version 3.3 is a major update containing many new features and improvements. Version 3.3 (beta)...
View ArticleSexyBookmarks & Tr.im
Just a notice to users of the brilliant http://www.sexybookmarks.net/ plugin by shareaholic – If you use tr.im (as I have on a few client sites) be aware tr.im has ceased operation so you may see...
View ArticleSpam Stopper updated for WordPress 3.0
My Spam Stopper plugin has been updated for WordPress 3.0 (version 3.1.3) – you can grab it here. Sorry this update took longer than my other plugins but this one gets less lovin’ – if you want to...
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Secure & Accessible Contact Form v2.1 for WordPress
The Secure and Accessible Contact Form plugin has now been updated for WordPress 3.0 and also contains many other tweaks to set it apart from its predecessor, such as the ability to remove optional...
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Ten terrific third-party WooCommerce plugins and themes
You may have noticed Jay and I shouting about all the cool WooCommerce goodies we’ve been releasing at WooThemes (we now have a whopping 45 extensions and 15 themes) but what hasn’t had as much...
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Download Monitor, Legacy Importer & Page Addon officially released
Today I finally finished up and deployed “version 1″ of the Download Monitor plugin. This is more of a re-release than an update, hence the version reset (which should also prevent automatic updates!)....
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Developing for WordPress? Keep your shit secure
If you are developing WordPress plugins (or themes) for distribution via WordPress.org, or for client projects, it should be a no-brainer that writing insecure code can lead to severe consequences....
View ArticleSensible script enqueuing for shortcodes
This is post #2 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” If you are making a WordPress plugin which uses a shortcode, and said shortcode needs some Javascript enqueued in order to function, it may...
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Avoiding feature bloat in plugins
This is post #3 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” As a plugin developer, if you release a product (no matter how popular), its a given that over time you’ll receive an influx of feature...
View ArticleUse WordPress’ URL manipulation functions
This is post #4 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” WordPress comes with many useful functions developers can make use of in their plugins. Today we’ll look at the URL manipulation functions –...
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The importance of stating the obvious
This is post #5 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” Writing documentation and other supporting content can be hard, especially for plugins. Why? There are many levels of user; developers, web...
View ArticleEight ways to contribute to a WP plugin (and why you should)
This is post #7 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” Contributing to a plugin you use (or use for client sites) can not only benefit the developer of the plugin, but can also benefit you (and...
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Plugin installation techniques; activation, deactivation and uninstall
This is post #9 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” If you are building a complex plugin, or one which needs it’s own database tables, you’ll likely be installing all kinds of things during...
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Tweaking the donation monitization model
This is post #10 of 31 in the series “Blogging for Benjamin” Most developers agree the donation model isn’t great (giving the plugin away for free and requesting, not requiring, a small donation as a...
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