about 1 month ago - 1 comment
I thought I’d share a bit of code that I run on my local WordPress test install to see when WordPress is contacting another website. I originally wrote this to help debug my oEmbed code, but it’s useful for a wide variety of purposes.
<?php
if ( !defined(‘DOING_AJAX’) )
add_filter( ‘http_request_args’, ‘debug_http_api’, 10, 2 );
function debug_http_api( More >
about 1 month ago - 5 comments
Something I just learned and thought I’d share to save others the trouble: if you’re attempting to filter the results of get_posts(), for example with the posts_where filter, you need to disable suppress_filters.
For example, here’s how to fetch some posts from within the past 30 days (based on an example from the Codex):
<?php
function last_thirty_days( $where More >
about 2 months ago - 5 comments
WordPress 2.9 was released yesterday and I thought it was worth reposting the introduction video done by the fabulous Michael Pick:
Note that the above video is embedded using the new embeds feature that I wrote. I just dropped the URL onto it’s own line and it was converted into an embed automatically!
about 3 months ago - No comments
For security reasons, the UI to enable oEmbed’s discovery ability was removed from WordPress today. It’d be too easy for a novice to accidentally embed some bad HTML into their blog if they posted the URL to a malicious website.
However if you know what you’re doing, feel free to install my Enable oEmbed Discovery plugin More >
about 3 months ago - 24 comments
I am in the early stages on recoding my Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin from scratch and in the process I will be replacing JW Player with a free and open-source alternative. JW Player is really great, but sadly it’s released under a non-commercial license which just won’t do.
So please, if you know of any good More >
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
If you’re a WordPress.com blogger and like posting code, then you’ll be happy to know that the latest version of my SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin is now live on WordPress.com. Enjoy!
Please leave all support requests and feedback on the plugin on it’s homepage. Comments left here about the plugin itself and not it’s WordPress.com implementation will More >
about 3 months ago - No comments
I threw together a widget for my blog that displays the short URL to a post or page and since multiple expressed interest in using it on their own site, I’ve decided to release it. My YOURLS: Short URL Widget plugin will add a widget (Appearance -> Widgets) that will only show up on individual More >
about 4 months ago - 3 comments
WordPress 2.9-beta-1 is available! Get it here: zip, tar.gz. Start hammering away.
You can also just install the super handy WordPress Beta Tester plugin to make the one-click upgrade feature upgrade you to WordPress 2.9 Beta 1.
Remember though — it’s still beta software, so backup your database and don’t run it on a site that you More >
about 4 months ago - No comments
I’ve released a new version of my SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin. It’s not a recode of the plugin, however it is a major overhaul of the plugin. It features an update to the highlighting package (with new languages and parameters) and other various things. Here’s the full changelog:
Version 2.3.0
Major overhaul, mainly to extend flexibility so that More >
Alex: thanks for making aware.. but i use to get every thing from just one site that is wordpress.org.. i...
jake: Hey Viper, I have a question for you regarding the Veoh player.
If you arn't aware, there are 2...
TOM LUO: Awesome job, Alex
Viper007Bond: The plugin automatically makes the image no bigger than 95% the size of your browser window. It...
Vasiliy from Russia: Thank you, Mr. Bond for your wonderful plugin.
Unfortunately I can not understand how to do so...
about 1 month ago
Certainly made me giggle!
about 4 weeks ago
800 x 600 res lol. Only a ugly Betty would use.
about 3 weeks ago
It is also funny that the computer is a MacBook with the Name below the screen taped over, and the MacBook Running Windows XP.