My WP Plugins Update April 06

Today is April Fool’s Day and I had released updates for 7 of my plugins. Rest assured that this is not a joke. =D

Below are the 7 plugins that I updated. Please check out the changelog for more information.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-DBManager 2.03
» download | documentation/changelog
Manages your WordPress database. Allows you to optimize database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database and run selected queries.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-EMail 2.04
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Enable you to send your webblog entry to a friend.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-Polls 2.06
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Adds an integrated poll system to your WordPress.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-PostRatings 1.01
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Enables You To Have A Rating System For Your Post.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-Print 2.04
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Displays a printable version of your WordPress weblog post.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-Stats 2.03
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Display your WordPress statistics.

WordPress 2.0 Plugin: WP-UserOnline 2.03
» download | demo | documentation/changelog
Enable you to display how many users are online on your WordPress with detailed statistics of where they are and who there are(Members/Guests/Search Bots).

As usual, if there are any problems/bugs/errors, please post it in the forum, so that other users who have the same problem can use it as a reference.

If you have problem integrating wp-email.php, wp-polls.php, wp-stats.php or wp-useronline.php, do check out this tutorial I had created, Integrating GaMerZ’s Plugins With Your WordPress Theme

For the rest of my plugins, please visit my Programming Portfolio Page.

Thank you =)

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WordPress 3.5.1

WordPress 3.5.1 has been released and fixes 37 bugs including the following issues:

  • Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed or modified in rare cases.
  • Media: Fix a collection of minor workflow and compatibility issues in the new media manager.
  • Networks: Suggest proper rewrite rules when creating a new network.
  • Prevent scheduled posts from being stripped of certain HTML, such as video embeds, when they are published.
  • Work around some misconfigurations that may have caused some JavaScript in the WordPress admin area to fail.
  • Suppress some warnings that could occur when a plugin misused the database or user APIs.

Additionally, a bug affecting Windows servers running IIS can prevent updating from 3.5 to 3.5.1. If you receive the error “Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable,” you will need to follow the steps outlined on the Codex.

WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following security issues:

  • A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress versions. This was fixed by the WordPress security team. We’d like to thank security researchers Gennady Kovshenin and Ryan Dewhurst for reviewing our work.
  • Two instances of cross-site scripting via shortcodes and post content. These issues were discovered by Jon Cave of the WordPress security team.
  • A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the external library Plupload. Thanks to the Moxiecode team for working with us on this, and for releasing Plupload 1.5.5 to address this issue.

Download: WordPress 3.5.1 or visit Dashboard -> Updates in your site admin to update now.

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WordPress 3.9.1

WordPress 3.9.1 is released after WordPress 3.9 is being downloaded more than 9 million times!

This maintenance release fixes 34 bugs in 3.9, including numerous fixes for multisite networks, customizing widgets while previewing themes, and the updated visual editor. We’ve also made some improvements to the new audio/video playlists feature and made some adjustments to improve performance. For a full list of changes, consult the list of tickets and the changelog.

Also WordPress 4.0 is targeted on the week of 25th August 2014. It may sound like a big jump in version number, but the release size will be roughly about the same as 3.7 -> 3.8, 3.8 -> 3.9, etc, on the same 4-month cycle!

Download: WordPress 3.9.1

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Plugins Updated For WordPress 2.1

Alongside with the release of WordPress 2.1 today, I have updated the following plugins for WordPress 2.1. Most of them will work for WordPress 2.1 only and it will break if you use it for WordPress 2.0.x. If you need any plugin for WordPress 2.0.x for some reasons, the download link is included in that plugin’s readme.html. I have also release 1 new plugin called WP-ServerInfo, it will display your host’s server PHP and MYSQL information (integrated into WordPress Admin Style) on your WordPress dashboard.

11 Updated Plugins:
WP-Ban 1.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-DBManager 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-PageNavi 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-Polls 2.14
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-PostRatings 1.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-PostViews 1.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-Print 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-RelativeDate 1.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-Stats 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-Useronline 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

WP-WAP 2.10
» Readme/Changelog
» Demo
» Download
» Support Forum

1 New Plugin:
WP-ServerInfo 1.00
» Display your host’s server PHP and MYSQL information (integrated into WordPress Admin Style) on your WordPress dashboard.
» Readme/Changelog
» Download
» Support Forum

Ignore the ‘Update’ date in the plugin’s readme.html because I will not be updating the version number for bugs found and fixed before 1st February 2007, I will just update the zip file.

EDIT: I just updated WP-Print to 2.10, I have added in the feature that was always in my head. Click here for the screenshot.

EDIT 2: I just updated WP-WAP to 2.10.

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WP-ShowHide 1.00

I have created a new plugin, WP-ShowHide. It is a simple plugin (83 lines of codes including comments) with no configuration screen needed.

This new plugin came about when Hisham tweeted me about whether there is a “Show/Hide Press Release” WordPress plugin like what Engadget does when posting a Press Release.

I can’t seem to find it and decided to code one myself using WordPress ShortCode API. I made the plugin more generic rather than focusing on Press Releases, so you can have multiple Show/Hide content within a post.

I tested it on WordPress 3.1.1 but technically it should work with any version higher than WordPress 2.5 because ShortCode was introduced in WordPress 2.5.

WP-ShowHide Description

Allows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the cotent via a link. By default the content is hidden and user will have to click on the “Show Content” link to toggle it. Similar to what Engadget is doing for their press releases.

Example usage: [ showhide type="pressrelease" ]Press Release goes in here.[ /showhide ] (Remove the spaces before and after the square brackets [].)

Download: WP-ShowHide 1.00
Documentation: WP-ShowHide

Demostration/Example Usage
Remove the spaces before and after the square brackets [].

Tag: [ showhide ][ /showhide ]

Tag: [ showhide type="links" more_text="Show Links (%s More Words)" less_text="Hide Links (%s More Words)" ][ /showhide ]

Tag: [ showhide type="visibility" hidden="no" more_text="Show Visibility Content (%s More Words)" less_text="Hide Visibility Content (%s More Words)" ][ /showhide ]


The visibility of this content is set to display by default instead of hidden.

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