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WordPress Plugin: Find and Replacer

August 5th, 2008 · 38 Comments

Blogs often live online for many years. The problem is that the blog often changes its look or code base, and must update all the earlier posts. That’s where my newest plugin comes in; Find and Replacer enables you to find and replace single words or phrases, and even entire tags. This means that within [...]

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Category: Wordpress

WordPress Plugin: Mass Page Remover

July 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Mass Page Maker made it easy to add pages, now Mass Page Remover makes it easy to delete them. A simple admin panel interface, MPR gives you a starting ID and ending ID as well as a form for specific page IDs. The lower portion of the window displays a browser of pages and posts, [...]

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Category: Wordpress

WordPress Plugin: Mass Page Maker

June 18th, 2008 · 184 Comments

I test this plugin thoroughly before releasing a new version, however I cannot test every possible permutation. If you’d like an advance copy before it is released proper, please send a blank email to w [at] wesg [dot] ca with the subject “MPM Beta Test” and I’ll keep you in the loop. Ever had the [...]

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Category: Wordpress

WordPress Plugin: Cache Time

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Timing is important. We look at watches and clocks often throughout the day, as most of us have a busy schedule. With websites, it is often advantageous to know when the current page has been written or created. That is why I have written this simple WordPress plugin for websites. At first glance it appears [...]

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Category: Wordpress

The trials of releasing your own software

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s been an interesting few days since I released my first WordPress plugin, Comment Connection. I had no idea how many people mind find value in the plugin, but I was very happy when 18 people downloaded it in the first 24 hours. No GTAIV release to be sure, but there is something deeply satisfying [...]

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