I’m always looking for new ways to bring traffic to our network of sites, but the new “Pay With A Like” plugin from WPMU feels socially dishonest to me. The Pay with a Like plugin lets you leverage the power of social currency in order to give access to content or a download. You know [...]
The WordPress Plugin API Needs To Learn How To Communicate
October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The WordPress plugin update system isn’t verbose enough and needs to learn how to communicate with end users. When updating plugins only the barest amount of information is passed on to the end user and in many cases hitting the “view version details” link and looking at the changelog before committing to the update provides you with [...]
The Problem With Social Buttons, URL Shorteners And WordPress Networks
August 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I love the network features of WordPress 3. This blog is one of 11 running from a single WordPress install using the multisite feature with domain mapping. While the feature is excellent I do have a concern when it comes to the use of URL shorteners and plugins that create short URLs for posts on [...]
You Get What You Pay For? What Bollocks! Or Why Cash Doesn’t Equal Quality
July 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m deliberately not weighing in on the entire Thesis Vs WordPress GPL debate, but while reading some of the commentary on it, I came across this statement made by Dave of “Think Dave”. I’d like every single plugin and theme developer to release their work outside the GPL, and charge money for it. This would instantly get [...]
WordPress Plugin Developers: Can We Standardize Where Menus Appear?
October 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dear WordPress Plugin Developers, I know you’ve spent a long time working on your plugin and I am very grateful for the work you have done. However, as someone who spends a lot of time trying out different plugins for use on a number of sites can I ask that you standardize where the menu [...]
WordPress 2.8 takes a step backwards
June 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The brand spanking new version of WordPress (2.8) was released today and while it contains a multitude of improvements, bug fixes, new features and speed enhancements (see the codex for a complete list), in the few minutes I’ve spent playing with it I have noticed at least one major step backwards in terms of usability. [...]
Upgrade Complete
October 17, 2007 By 1 Comment
The upgrade to WordPress 2.3 is complete now. It appears as if everything has worked and the change from Ultimate Tag Warrior to WordPress’s own tagging system went well. I did have to replace a few plugins for compatibility reasons and make some code changes to my theme in order to accommodate the new plugins [...]
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