Mike JolleyBuilding plugins is fun, especially the smaller ones. Today I thought it would be a good challenge to build one whilst documenting the process; Iām actually writing this post as I plan and build the plugin itself with the hope of having it finished by the end of the day.
What am I building? A small post-series plugin so I can group all of my #WTBFB posts and allow navigation between them on my blog.
Bring on the challenge!
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!).
If you want to update from a legacy version of Download Monitor, after installing the new version you’ll need to also install and run the Download Monitor Legacy Importer. This will handle migrating all of your data to the new format.
The page addon basically lets you add a [download_page] shortcode which lists all downloads on your site with categories, tags, pagination and searching. It also adds ‘single’ views for your downloads.
Because this used to be part of the main Download Monitor plugin, albeit not as good as it is now, I’ve made this a “Pay what you want” add-on so pay what you feel is fair š
I hope you all find these updates useful!
I’ve just made a new plugin available (on github) that I’ve been working on to allow you to add and manage job listings on your WP site. It’s name;Ā WP Job Manager.
Read on for a more in-depth look at what this baby can do.
A few months back I announced that the Download Monitor plugin was no longer being maintained. Why? Several reasons really:
However, despite all of this, given the popularity of the plugin I decided to secretly start building a new version without the restraints of legacy code dictating the way forward…
Today I released a small (but hopefully handy) plugin called WP Page Load Stats which I created to help benchmark a few other plugins I’m working on.
The plugin works on both admin and on the frontend and displays:
Averages are calculated on each load, and you can reset the average by clicking the reset icon.
Last week my Sidebar Login plugin was featured inĀ WP Candy’s daily plugin series; I never expected it to be shown so it was a really nice surprise to see š
Since then I’ve updated the plugin to version 2.3 with some cool new features (AJAX login forĀ instance) and given it a new admin panel. You can also now find theĀ project on GitHubĀ if you’d like to contribute.