Feed Statistics 1.1.2 Released
Thanks to dP's heads-up, I've updated the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress to 1.1.2 with a fix for accurate counting of subscribers via LiveJournal. To install this plugin, download the zip file of...
View ArticleFeed Statistics 1.2: Monitor your most popular feeds
I've updated the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress to version 1.2; this update adds a "Top Feeds" page where you can see what the most popular feeds for your website are (e.g., main feed, category...
View ArticleFeed Statistics plugin updated again
So, the last update to the Feed Statistics WordPress plugin left a bad taste in the mouths of more than a few people. I admit that it wasn't my best work. However, I've fixed the problems in version...
View ArticleFeed Statistics WordPress Plugin Updated
I've updated the Feed Statistics WordPress Plugin (now at version 1.3.1) to be more compatible with WordPress 2.3 and to fix some bugs from the previous version's clickthrough tracking. To install this...
View ArticleWanted: WordPress Post Template Plugin
I'm in need of a WordPress plugin that lets you specify a template for posts based on their category. For example, I might want to postscript all of my posts about URL Fixer with a link to the most...
View ArticleFormategory: A WordPress Plugin Four Years in the Making
You may recall (but you probably don't) that four years ago, I was looking for a WordPress plugin that would let me add a postscript to all of the posts in a given category. I wrote a simple...
View ArticleNew WordPress Theme: Clean and Sober
Today, I'm releasing my site's theme (the design you're looking at right now) as a free open source theme for WordPress. I'm calling it Clean and Sober, and it's compatible with WordPress 3.4 and up....
View ArticleWork with me here.
In 2012, we committed and deployed changes to WordPress.com, on average, every 26 minutes. Why so long between deploys? Because we don't have enough people working here! Help change that by coming to...
View ArticleDecade
What software is being conceived right now that, in ten years, will fundamentally alter the landscape of the Web? Who is hacking on a personal project that will eventually be used by millions of...
View ArticleInline Preview Plugin for WordPress
Problem: When creating a post in WordPress, previewing your post in a separate tab can be slow and/or complicated. Solution: Show the preview right next to the editor. Inline Preview is a plugin for...
View ArticlePiePress. Or, WordPie.
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View ArticleExport your Facebook posts to WordPress
I'm a big proponent of owning the data that you create. I use WordPress (of course) wherever I blog, and I use the Keyring Social Importers plugin to make backup copies of my Twitter updates and...
View ArticleImport your chat transcripts into WordPress
Problem: You have years' worth of chat (AIM/MSN/Adium/IRC) transcripts saved on your computer, and you'd love to stroll down memory lane and reread some of them, but how? Manually open each one in your...
View ArticleImport your Reddit activity into WordPress
I try to maintain a copy of all of my social media activity in a single WordPress-powered archive. Twitter, Facebook, foursquare, Reddit, Usenet, chat logs: all searchable in one place via a single...
View ArticleKeyring River: A new WordPress theme to complement Keyring Social Importers
It’s no secret that I use Keyring and Keyring Social Importers to import my activity on third-party services into a WordPress blog. All of my Facebook posts and photos, Twitter updates, foursquare...
View ArticleNew WordPress Plugin: Unpredictable Image Filenames
I’ve written a new WordPress plugin to help protect uploaded images from being accessed just by guessing the URL. Many cameras and smartphones number their images in a predictable format. For example,...
View ArticleAlexa, start a new post called, “I’m blogging this with my voice.”
I’ve written and published an Alexa skill that lets you check your blog notifications, moderate comments, and start new draft posts on your WordPress.com or Jetpack-enabled blog, all by speaking to any...
View ArticleRyuki, a magazine variation on the Ryu WordPress theme
I’ve been using the beautiful Ryu theme by Takashi Irie on this site for a couple of years, but I’ve always wanted to have the homepage display more than just my latest posts. To address this, I’ve...
View ArticleShare an iPhoto Library on the Web with WordPress
I recently needed to publish the contents of an iPhoto library online, so I wrote a script that converts the library to a WordPress site using WordPress’s REST API. The script is available in my...
View ArticleFeed Statistics 1.1: Movin’ On Up
I’ve just uploaded a big update to the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress. This new version allows you to track which posts your subscribers are reading and which links they’re clicking on. It also...
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