Recently, the WordPress Plugin Repository was launched, so I figured I should participate. I just got done adding all of my plugins. It’s a little bit of a process getting things in and out, but I think I got the hang of it now. I’ve created a page in the Wiki at wp-plugins.org that lists them all for easy access.
Tag: code
Coding Zone
I love it when I get into a coding zone. Over the last few days I’ve released moderation plugins, found a new contact form, fixed some of my old plugins, installed my archiving system on someone’s site, updated Poker Chip Tricks, and setup discussion forums. Phew!
Comment And Post Plugin Updates
I just updated almost all of the comment and post plugins. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and fixes. Everything has been moved over the to WordPress Plugin Repository. See my list of plugins.
WordPress Plugins: Trackback And Pingback Moderation
These two plugins basically do the same thing, but I wanted to keep them seperate. When you turn one on, it will automatically place either all NEW trackbacks or all NEW pingbacks (depending on the plugin) into the comment moderation queue. It’s meant as a simple way to keep the spammers from getting these onto your site without you first approving them.
Note: This does not do anything for all of the old trackbacks/pingbacks that have already been added to your site.
More information on the WordPress Plugins page.
Trackback Spam
Now that I’ve gotten a handle on the comment spam taking over my blogs, I’m getting hit through other means. Trackbacks! I found a few hooks in the WP code that I can plug into, so tonight I plan to whip up a few plugins so that pingbacks and trackbacks can automatically be put into the moderation queue. At least that’s what I hope to accomplish.
I can’t really think of any other way to test on these two items. For comments, I don’t like using the moderation queue, but it doesn’t really matter all that much to me if a trackback or pingback doens’t appear on my blog for a few hours until I can let it go through. Maybe one of the great minds out there will come up with an idea, but this will at least be a temporary solution.
Stop The Comment Spam
Hopefully comment spam is a thing of the past. I want to apologize to anyone who has attempted to comment recently and has been redirected to the FBI’s site. I think my comment spam checking system was going a little haywire from all of the spammers and it was flagging some of you that were attempting to leave legitimate comments. I hope the new system I’ve implemented will fix the problem. Please let me know if you ever have any problems commenting on any of my sites.
WordPress Comment SPAM Plugins
I’m now using two plugins to help me combat comment SPAM. The first is Kitten’s Spam Words, which gives you an easy way to delete comments and mark them as spam at the same time. This helps to create a list of comment spam words in WordPress so that further comments will automatically be held for moderation. The second plugin is Mark Ghosh‘s Three Strikes Spam Protection. This plugin will automatically delete a comment if it matches a certain number of criteria (default is 3 strikes) so that I don’t even have to moderate them. It’s configurable so that you can set the number of “strikes” to delete a comment with.
Livesearch
Michael over at Binary Bonsai has implemented a Livesearch feature for WP. Very cool!
WordPress Plugin: Card Converter
Card Converter is a WordPress plugin with poker bloggers in mind, but it can be used by anyone who would like to display playing cards in posts and comments. It will take card abbreviations such as Ad (meaning Ace of diamonds) and convert it to a CSS graphical-like representation of the card. Inspiration for the plugin came from Chris Halverson‘s Pokerhand plugin and the CSS cards on the World Poker Tour Fan Site.
The plugin has moved to the WordPress Plugin Repository. All development and files will be available there from now on.
WP-Dstats2
Sweet stats plugin for WordPress. Exactly what I’m looking for and very powerful.
Nick Momrik 