30th May 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 02:07 in WP-Ban, WP-DBManager, WP-DownloadManager, WP-PostViews
Here is the second and final wave of my June 2008 plugins update containing the remaining
4 plugins. All of them should work only on WordPress 2.5. It is not tested for any version below that.
The most general noticeable change would be the path to the plugin is now fixed. Previously it was nested in another folder and I got several hate mails because of that. Since the path problem has been solved, the Automatic Plugin Upgrade should work in theory.
Be sure to read the readme.html and checkout the changelog for more information and most importantly NOTE THE TABS AT THE TOP
WP-Ban 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-DBManager 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-DownloadManager 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-PostViews 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
You may also want to view Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 1).
Tags: 2.5, release
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21st May 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 02:05 in WP-Ban, WP-DBManager, WP-DownloadManager, WP-PostViews
I have completed whatever I need to code for the remaining 4 plugins for Wave 2 release.
WP-Ban and WP-DBManager basically undergo only cosmetic changes to suite WordPress 2.5 layout.
I have added a few minor additions to WP-PostViews. The changes are documented in the Changelog tab in the readme.html file include in the zip
The plugin which undergo the most changes is WP-DownloadManager. It is the longest changelog that I have ever done. I also added a new search feature into WP-DownloadManager. You can see it in action in the Downloads Page.
See Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 2).
Tags: 2.5, beta
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13th May 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 01:46 in WP-EMail, WP-PageNavi, WP-PluginsUsed, WP-Polls, WP-PostRatings, WP-Print, WP-RelativeDate, WP-ServerInfo, WP-Stats, WP-Sticky, WP-UserOnline
Here is the first wave of my June 2008 plugins update containing
11 plugins. The remaining 4 plugins (WP-Ban, WP-DBManager, WP-DownloadManager and WP-PostViews) shall be in wave 2. All of them should work only on WordPress 2.5. It is not tested for any version below that.
The most general noticeable change would be the path to the plugin is now fixed. Previously it was nested in another folder and I got several hate mails because of that. Since the path problem has been solved, the Automatic Plugin Upgrade should work in theory.
Be sure to read the readme.html and checkout the changelog for more information and most importantly NOTE THE TABS AT THE TOP
WP-EMail 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-PageNavi 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-PluginsUsed 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-Polls 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-PostRatings 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-Print 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-RelativeDate 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-ServerInfo 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-Sticky 1.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-Stats 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
WP-Useronline 2.30
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download Mirror #1
» Download Mirror #2
» Support Forum
You may also want to view Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 2).
Tags: 2.5, release
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26th April 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 16:00 in Site, WordPress
WordPress 2.5.1 has been released. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix.
If you are interested in only the security fixes, just replaced the following files.
- /wp-includes/pluggable.php
- /wp-admin/includes/media.php
- /wp-admin/media.php
There are more than 70 bugs and performance fixes in 2.5.1, here is an outline of it:
- Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
- Better performance for those who have many categories
- Media Uploader fixes
- An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
- Widget Administration fixes
- Various usability improvements
- Layout fixes for IE
Tags: 2.5, release
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13th April 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 23:40 in Plugins
I have received several feedback that the Automatic Plugin Upgrade feature in WordPress is causing problem with my plugins.
I want to say that ALL my plugins currently will not work with the Automatic Plugin Upgrade feature because there is a problem with the path. It is a little difficult for me to explain it here.
The new version of my plugins that I am going to release on 1st June 2008 will address this issue. In another words, if are using 1.30 or 2.30 beta of my plugins, the problem has been solved.
So in the mean time, DO NOT use the Automatic Plugin Upgrade feature for my plugin.
Source: WordPress.org Forums: wp-dbmanager is showing as an upgrade for wp-postViews Widget
Tags: automatic plugin upgrade
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30th March 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 13:26 in Plugins
Below is a list of my plugins in development that WILL work with WordPress 2.5. The reason why I consolidated it here is because the current version of the listed plugins does not work properly with WordPress 2.5.
For the remaining plugins, see also Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 1).
Tags: 2.5, compatibility
112 Comments | 15,760 views

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Posted by Lester Chan at 02:10 in WP-EMail, WP-Print
For some reasons, the core permalink structure of WordPress 2.5 has been changed just before it is being released (the problem is not there with WordPress 2.5 RC1).
If you get a 404 on WP-Email and WP-Print posts/pages, you need to get the latest development version of the respective plugins. Refer to the post above this.
I also wished I have more time to spend updating my plugins, but as my school is nearing the semester end, all my projects deadline are also coming and so are the end of semester exams. I can’t fork out any valuable time to update all my plugins for WP 2.5 and hence, 1st June 2008 should be the day I will roll out the updates to my plugins as my last paper is on 6th May 2008.
But in the mean time, I will try my best to address all issues related with my plugins and WordPress 2.5.
Tags: 2.5
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29th March 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 23:37 in Site, WordPress
WordPress 2.5 has been released and WordPress.org has a refreshed look based on WordPress 2.5 new redesigned administration backend.
New User Features in WordPress 2.5
- Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
- Dashboard Widgets
- Multi-file upload with progress bar
- Bonus: EXIF extraction
- Search posts and pages
- Tag management
- Password strength meter
- Concurrent editing protection
- Few-click plugin upgrades
- Friendlier visual post editor
- Built-in galleries
New Developer Features in WordPress 2.5
- Salted passwords
- Secure cookies
- Easy taxonomy and URL creation
- Inline documentation
- Database optimization
- $wpdb->prepare()
- Media buttons
- Shortcode API
Download: WordPress 2.5
I have upgraded this site to WordPress 2.5.
Tags: 2.5, release
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27th March 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 01:16 in WordPress
WordPress 2.5 RC 2 has been released alongside with a short screencast covering the new dashboard and uploader and Release Candidate 2.
I will be holding on to the upgrade to RC2 as the gold version will be out before end of this week.
Download: WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 2
Tags: 2.5, rc, screencast
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20th March 2008
Posted by Lester Chan at 22:24 in Plugins, WP-Polls, WP-ServerInfo, WP-Sticky, WP-UserOnline
The current version of all my plugins will work on WordPress 2.5 PROVIDED you have upgraded your WordPress blog from WP 2.x to WP 2.5.
If you are using a fresh copy of WordPress 2.5 together with my plugins, it WILL NOT work as WordPress 2.5 changes the Activation Global Scope Of The Plugins. In simpler terms, it means that upon activation of my plugins in WP-Admin, it will not create the tables needed by the respective plugins.
To solve this problem temporary, do the following in polls.php (I am using WP-Polls as an example):
Find:
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| $wpdb->pollsq = $table_prefix.'pollsq';
$wpdb->pollsa = $table_prefix.'pollsa';
$wpdb->pollsip = $table_prefix.'pollsip'; |
Replace:
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| global $wpdb;
$wpdb->pollsq = $wpdb->prefix.'pollsq';
$wpdb->pollsa = $wpdb->prefix.'pollsa';
$wpdb->pollsip = $wpdb->prefix.'pollsip'; |
Note the addition of the “global $wpdb;” and the replacement of “$table_prefix” with “$wpdb->prefix“.
I have updated WP-Polls, WP-ServerInfo, WP-Sticky and WP-UserOnline to work with WordPress 2.5. You can get them here at my downloads page (do note that they are still in beta). Those plugins that end with a “Beta 2″ means it will work for WordPress 2.5.
Some of the updates are:
- Making sure that the styling, alignment and color of the plugin matches WordPress 2.5
- Fixes the “Activation Global Scope” issue
- Updated WP-Polls TinyMCE plugin to work with TinyMCE 3.0
- Added a summary of WP-ServerInfo as a Dashboard Widget
- Added a summary of WP-UserOnline in the Right Now Dashboard Widget
Tags: 2.5, prefix, tinymce, wpdb
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