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What was your first WordPress version?

Max Pagels — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:16:29 +0000

Tough question. My first post on this site is dated August 1 2009, which would make it version 2.8.2. I do however distinctly remember using version 2.7 at some point in time.

Over ten thousand downloads

Max Pagels — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:53:27 +0000

It’s been a couple of years since I developed the Most Popular Tags plugin, and I’m extremely happy to announce that it has been downloaded over ten thousand times from the WordPress plugin directory. Special thanks to anyone that’s tried it or, even better, liked it.

Jetpack

Max Pagels — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:50:17 +0000

Jetpack supercharges your self‑hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.

It’s basically a single plugin that provides the best features on WordPress.com for use on self-hosted WordPress blogs. Worth it for the LaTeX support alone.

Shortcode update

Max Pagels — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:11:38 +0000

Version 0.5.7 of the Shortcode WordPress plugin adds a new shortcode, totalwords, that counts the total number of words in published posts. Note that the count is only an approximation: the total is calculated in SQL as the sum of LENGTH(post_content) - LENGTH(REPLACE(post_content, ' ', '')) + 1, i.e. the sum of the length of all posts (including spaces) minus the length of all posts without any spaces (plus one). Words may not be counted properly if they are separated by more than one space, but the result should be sufficient in accuracy nonetheless.

As always, www.maxpagels.com/shortcodes.txt lists all of the shortcodes offered by the plugin, sorted by version.

Shortcode update

Max Pagels — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:17:13 +0000

A new version (0.5.6) of the Shortcode WordPress plugin has been released, allowing you to get the total number of images attached in all posts & pages with the code photosingallery.

As always, look at the text file located at www.maxpagels.com/shortcodes.txt for all available shortcodes.

Shortcode 0.5.5

Max Pagels — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:40:30 +0000

Added two new shortcodes: futpostcount shows the number of posts set to publish in the future, and draftpostcount the number of drafts. Refer to the list for all available codes.

WP Lessn

Max Pagels — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:23:55 +0000

A nice WordPress plugin for Lessn. I’d also like to se a plugin leveraging the built-in short URL function the_shortlink() that will be introduced in WP3.

A quick update on the Most Popular Tags plugin

Max Pagels — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:21 +0000

I’m excited for the upcoming release of WordPress 3, and have been testing my Most Popular Tags plugin to ensure that it works properly with the new version. Things are going smoothly, and if any bugs appear during testing with the final 3.0 platform, I expect they will be quick fixes. When WP 3 is available to the masses, I’ll update the information on the plugin directory page / bang out a quick patch shortly thereafter.

Shortcode 0.5

Max Pagels — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:32:21 +0000

Adds two new shortcodes (both averages):

charsperpostavg – the average number of characters per post
postsperdayavg – the average number of published posts per day

As always, refer to http://maxpagels.com/shortcodes.txt for the full list of available codes.

New features in WordPress 3

Max Pagels — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:47:00 +0000

The introduction of custom post types is welcomed. I’ve been looking to make the site more comparable to Tumblr blogs for a while now.

Site update

Max Pagels — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:16:01 +0000

I’ve designed a new theme, and also made some backend performance enhancements. If the site isn’t working properly in your browser, drop me a line.

WordPress 3.0 Beta 1

Max Pagels — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:39:07 +0000

A new custom menus system and a new default theme, amongst other things.

Frostpress

Max Pagels — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:16 +0000

A collection of simple & elegant WordPress themes. And they’re free.

HTML5 tutorial

Max Pagels — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:23:44 +0000

Specifically, a tutorial for making HTML5 enhanced themes for WordPress.

Most Popular Tags version 2.8

Max Pagels — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:54:22 +0000

I’ve updated the plugin with two new features: the ability to select a separator if using a “flat” format, and a random ordering option. Some code cleanup and optimization has also been done.

Visit the plugin’s page on WordPress.org for more info.

New features in WordPress 2.9

Max Pagels — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:21:30 +0000

A solid update.

After the Deadline now supports diaereses

Max Pagels — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:12:27 +0000

Diaereses aren’t used very often anymore, which is a shame.

Most Popular Tags, version 2.6

Max Pagels — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:51:49 +0000

Some minor code & usability improvements in this release. As always, check the project page for more information & installation help.

Common mistakes in WordPress plugins

Max Pagels — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:40:10 +0000

A spot-on article on the “do-not-do”s of WordPress development.

Max Pagels — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:47:01 +0000

Anyone interested in developing widgets for WordPress should take a look at Jesse Altman’s WordPress 2.8 widget API tutorial.