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Wordpress Logger: A plugin that displays log messages to the Safari and Firefox console from PHP

Wordpress Logger: A plugin that displays log messages to the Safari and Firefox console from PHP

This is an essential plugin for developers who are frustrated with debugging plugins and themes with print_r statements. This plugin displays log messages from PHP in the browser console in Safari and Firefox (with firebug). You no longer have to work blind when your templates don’t render properly. Just place a log statement and examine the code right on the browser. Continue reading

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12seconds Widget: A Plugin to display 12seconds videos on your WordPress blog

12seconds Widget: A Plugin to display 12seconds videos on your WordPress blog

This is a WordPress plugin that adds a sidebar widget to display 12seconds video status updates. For those of you who are familiar with Twitter; 12seconds is like Twitter, but with video instead of text updates. You can also embed the widget in posts and pages using shortcodes. The widget itself is essentially a video player. It uses the widget embed code (need to login) provided by 12seconds.tv. The plugin saves you the hassle of copying and pasting embed code and editing templates. Continue reading

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Get-the-image-link: Developing a simple WordPress Plugin

Get-the-image-link: Developing a simple WordPress Plugin

One of the really cool things about WordPress is that when you want to extend its functionality, more often-than-not, someone has already written a plugin for it. However, in my case, the available plugin didn’t do exactly what I wanted. So, I decided to write my first Wordpress plugin. Here I describe the basic but very important concepts that a novice plugin developer needs to learn. Continue reading

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