Developing Plugins For WordPress

I spoke about Developing Plugins For WordPress on Wednesday, 18th June 2008 at the Singapore PHP User Group, June 2008 meetup. This is the second time I am speaking at the user group. The first time was in December 2007 meetup where I spoke about the same topic WorPress Plugin Development With PHP. I think … Continue reading “Developing Plugins For WordPress”

My Plugins With WordPress 2.6 Beta

I have downloaded WordPress 2.6 Beta 1 and installed it. Not much difference from WordPress 2.5 in terms of the layout. Now on the extreme top menu on the extreme right, there is a link called “Speed up!” which links to Google Gears. In the Dashboard, right under “Right Now”, there is a comment break … Continue reading “My Plugins With WordPress 2.6 Beta”

Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode

If you are using PHP 4 and using some of my plugins, the error message “Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode” will get displayed on your page. This is not a bug in my plugin but a bug in PHP 4 itself. My recommendation would definitely be asking you to upgrade to PHP 5. … Continue reading “Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode”

Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 2)

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 … Continue reading “Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 2)”

DO NOT Use Automatic Plugin Upgrade

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 … Continue reading “DO NOT Use Automatic Plugin Upgrade”