New WordPress plugins – 2010/02/25

This plug-in is used for displaying a button which let users to add links of your blog posts to Google Buzz. The button is delivered in two modes, being suitable for two languages: English ("buzz it") and Polish ("buzznij"). It lets you use either small or big type of Google Buzz button. You can post this button anywhere you want to, just using <?php if(function_exists('buzz_button') { echo buzz_button(); } ?> in source code of your template.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Marcin Szepczyński (czepol)
• : 22
• : 2.7.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
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• Plugin homepage

• : 4/5 (3 votes)
• : 1.871
• : click here

For usage instructions please view the screencast.

Displaying Your Images in Your Theme

There are a few filters that you can use in your theme to display the image associations created by this plugin. Please read below for detailed information.

Display a single image representing the term archive

The following filter will display the image associated with the term asked for in the query string of the url. This filter only works in views that naturally use templates like category.php, tag.php taxonomy.php and all of their derivatives. Please read about template hierarchy for more information about these templates. The simplest use of this filter looks like:

print apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image', '' );

This code will generate and print an image tag. It's output can be modifed by passig an optional third parameter to apply filters. This parameter is an array and the following keys may be set:

• after (string) - Text to append to the image's HTML.

• attr (array) - Key/value pairs representing the attributes of the img tag. Available options include: alt, class, src and title. This array will be passed as the fourth parameter to WordPress core function wp_get_attachment_image() without modification.

• before (string) - Text to prepend to the image's HTML.

• image_size (string) - May be any image size registered with WordPress. If no image size is specified, 'thumbnail' will be used as a default value. In the event that an unregistered size is specified, this filter will return an empty string.

Here's an example of what a fully customized version of this filter might look like:

print apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image', '', array(
    'after' => '</div>'
    'attr' => array(
        'alt'   => 'Custom alternative text',
        'class' => 'my-class-list bunnies turtles',
        'src'   => 'this-is-where-the-image-lives.png',
        'title' => 'Custom Title',
        ),
    'before' => '<div id="my-custom-div">',
    'image_size' => 'medium',
    ) );

Similar functionality

If you just need to get the database ID for the image, you may want to use:

$image_id = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-id', 0 );

If you need to get the full object of the image, you may want to use:

$image = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-object', '' );

If you need to get the url to the image, you may want to use the following:

$image_url = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-url', '' );

You can specify the size of the image in an option third parameter:

$image_url = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-url', '', array(
    'image_size' => 'medium'
    ) );

If you need data about the image, you may want to use:

$image_data = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-data', '' );

You can specify the size of the image in an option third parameter:

$image_data = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-queried-term-image-data', '', array(
    'image_size' => 'medium'
    ) );

List term images associated with a post object

When a post is being displayed you may want to display all of the images associated with all of the terms that are associated with the post (a mouthful? Yes indeed!). The taxonomy-images-list-the-terms filter does this. Here's what it looks like in its simplest form:

print apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-list-the-terms', '' );

This filter accepts an optional third parameter that you can use to customize its output. It is an array which recognizes the following keys:

• after (string) - Text to append to the output. Default value is a closing unordered list element.

• after_image (string) - Text to append to each image. Default value is a closing list-item element.

• before (string) - Text to prepend to the output. Default value is an open unordered list element with an class attribute of "taxonomy-images-the-terms".

• before_image (string) - Text to prepend to each image. Default value is an open list-item element.

• image_size (string) - Any registered image size. Values will vary from installation to installation. Image sizes defined in core include: "thumbnail", "medium" and "large". "Fullsize" may also be used to get the unmodified image that was uploaded. Defaults to "thumbnail".

• post_id (int) - The post to retrieve terms from. Defaults to the ID property of the global $post object.

• taxonomy (string) - Name of a registered taxonomy to return terms from. Defaults to "category".

Here's an example of what a fully customized version of this filter might look like:

print apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-list-the-terms', '', array(
    'after'        => '</div>',
    'after_image'  => '</span>',
    'before'       => '<div class="my-custom-class-name">',
    'before_image' => '<span>',
    'image_size'   => 'detail',
    'post_id'      => 1234,
    'taxonomy'     => 'post_tag',
    ) );

Working with all terms of a given taxonomy

You will want to use the 'taxonomy-images-get-terms' filter. This filter is basically a wrapper for WordPress core function get_terms(). It will return an array of enhanced term objects: each term object will have a custom property named image_id which is an integer representing the database ID of the image associated with the term. This filter can be used to create custom lists of terms. Here's what it's default useage looks like:

$terms = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-get-terms', '' );

Here is what php's print_r() function may return:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [term_id] => 8
            [name] => Pirate
            [slug] => pirate
            [term_group] => 0
            [term_taxonomy_id] => 8
            [taxonomy] => category
            [description] => Pirates live in the ocean and ride around on boats.
            [parent] => 0
            [count] => 1
            [image_id] => 44
        )
)

As you can see, all of the goodness of get_terms() is there with an added bonus: the image_id parameter!

This filter recognizes an optional third parameter which is an array of arguments that can be used to modify its output:

• cache_images (bool) If this value is true all assocaite images will be queried for and cached for later use in various template tags. If it is set to false, this query will be suppressed. Do not set this value to false unless you have a really good reason for doing so :) Default value is true.

• having_images (bool) If this value is true then only terms that have associated images will be returned. Setting it to false will return all terms. Default value is true.

• taxonomy (string) Name of a registered taxonomy to return terms from. Multiple taxonomies may be specified by separating each name by a comma. Defaults to "category".

• term_args (array) Arguments to pass to get_terms() as the second parameter. Default value is an empty array.

Here's and example of a simple custom loop that you can make to display all term images:

$terms = apply_filters( 'taxonomy-images-get-terms', '' );
if ( ! empty( $terms ) ) {
    print '<ul>';
    foreach( (array) $terms as $term ) {
        print '<li><a href="' . esc_url( get_term_link( $term, $term->taxonomy ) ) . '">' . wp_get_attachment_image( $term->image_id, 'detail' ) . '</li>';
    }
    print '</ul>';
}

Support

If you have questions about integrating this plugin into your site, please add a new thread to the WordPress Support Forum. I try to answer these, but I may not always be able to. In the event that I cannot there may be someone else who can help.

Bugs, Suggestions

Development of this plugin is hosted in a public repository on Github. If you find a bug in this plugin or have a suggestion to make it better, please create a new issue

Hook it up yo!

If you have fallen in love with this plugin and would not be able to sleep without helping out in some way, please see the following list of ways that you can hook it up!:

• Rate it! - Use the star tool on the right-hand sidebar of the homepage.

• Let me know if it works - Use the Compatibility widget on the homepage to let everyone know that the current version works with your version of WordPress.

• Do you Twitter? Help promote by using this shortlink: http://bit.ly/taxonomy-images

• Are you a writer? Help promote by writing an article on your website about this plugin.

• Are you Super-Wicked-Awesome? If so, you can always make a donation.

Need More Taxonomy Plugins?

I've released a handfull of plugins dealing with taxonomies. Please see my plugin page for more info.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Michael Fields
• : 22
• : 3.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.95/5 (39 votes)
• : 7.240
• : click here

This plugin will display all the posts in a category on the page or post you wish. Simply insert [cat=X] into your post or page with x being the category number. The plugin will display the first image it finds then below it the first 200 characters of text. Each will have a "view more" button which will link you to the post itself.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Craig Farnes
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.4/5 (5 votes)
• : 3.278
• : click here

Google Buzz with official Google Buzz Counter. Best Google buzz integration to wordpress + 5 different admin panel options (Settings -> WP Google-buzz) + 5 different button images + Shows Counter. Enjoy..!!

• Please see Screenshot for all buttons.

Automatically displays Google Buzz button for every post and pages. Google Buzz is shaping up to be an interesting new way to share content with your Gmail friends, so why not have a button for sharing blog posts/pages to the service? Google has released new Google Buzz APIs and this plugin includes those official Google Buzz APIs. Ultimate all in one Google Buzz buttons. Beautiful popup window option included.

More will come to next releases of WP Google-buzz. Please stay tuned. Try it now & enjoy. Happy buzzing!.

Homepage Facebook Page

Features

• Shows Google-buzz button before/after post content
• Google Buzz Counter (Using official Google Buzz APIs).
• Manual insertion of code: Use this: <?php if(function_exists('add_wp_google_buzz')) { add_wp_google_buzz(); } ?>.
• rel="nofollow" option for buzz links
• Show/Hide option to show Google Buzz button on page.
• float = left/right option
• NEW: Popup window option

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : NetCrunched
• : 22
• : 3.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.78/5 (32 votes)
• : 50.320
• : click here

This plugin will send a newsletter to everyone on your email list. You can specify how many recent posts it will send in the newsletter options under settings. You can also specify how often it sends it with the choices of daily,weekly or monthly. It also comes with a newsletter widget which will allow users to sign up to the newsletter.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Craig Farnes
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 2.5/5 (8 votes)
• : 9.215
• : click here

This plugin, will create a feed showing the 5 (can be changed) latest posts on your google buzz feed.

If you like this plugin, please take a moment to think of donating some money. NOT TO MYSELF, but to a charity as a thank you for my work. My personal favourite is Help For Heroes!

Money can be donated at: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/donations.html

You can view an example of the plugin here:

http://www.fieldjournal.co.uk/

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Ian M. Archambeau
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3/5 (2 votes)
• : 525
• : click here

With editorial guidelines you can show a quick and small box next to the edit screens of both the page and post page what the editorial guidelines are.

The contents of the editorial guidelines box are, of course, fully editable. This will be more usable as your Wordpress activity grows and more contributors are added.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Micro Formatica
• : 22
• : 3 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.33/5 (3 votes)
• : 406
• : click here

With this plugin you can add videos to your sidebar (or any other widgetized area of your site). Just copy and paste code of the video into the Advanced Video widget. The Youtube's original video code doesn't pass W3C validation. The filtered video code of the Advanced Videobox will keep your site XHTML valid. The plugin is easily customizable through widget panel. This plugin is ideal for music, tutorial, ads videos. Check for more on the plugin's page

• Easy to manage
• Option to change width and height
• Option to disable parameters that produce invalid XHTML code
• Web 2.0 graphics
• Add up to 20 videos
• Easily customizable via CSS
• Ideal plugin for music, tutorials, ads videos
• You can add ANY videos, not only from Youtube. Just keep "Enable parameters" option checked.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Tom
• : 22
• : 1.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (2 votes)
• : 4.078
• : click here

You can browse Picasa Web album and select image to insert or select several images to the gallery

• Use Picasa user for get albums ( username can be stored in settings )
• Show albums cover and name for get images.
• Images from album with caption or filename for selection
• Select and insert single image or banch for gallery. Enhanced
• Private Picasa albums after granting access via Google service
• Wordpress MU support - sidewide activation, users, roles
• Gallery shortcodes for selected images or for get all images from Picasa album

Additionaly setting is managing:

• Image link: none, direct, Picasa image page, thickbox,lightbox and highslide with gallery
• Sorting images in dialog and in inserted gallery
• Caption under image or/and in image/link title
• Alignment for images and gallery
• Additional style or CSS classes for images and gallery
• Define Roles which capable to use the plugin
• Switch from blog to user level for store Picasa user and private access token

And by design:

• Support native Wordpress image and link dialog for alignment, caption, description, style and CSS class
• Thumbnail images size defined in Wordpress native properties
• Multilanguage support

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Wott
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.25/5 (24 votes)
• : 27.206
• : click here

World clock showing the local time at six major cities round the world. The plugin provides a choice of analog and digital clocks, colors and sizes.

• Analog or digital clocks
• Three different groups of world capitals
• Horizontal or vertical clock format
• Color selection for clock's text, border and background
• Automatic adjustment of daylight saving time from the localtimes.info servers See example world clocks here localtimes.info/world-clock

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : enclick
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.86/5 (7 votes)
• : 6.541
• : click here

ColorBoxes adds a new section on the Edit Post and Edit Page screens that allows users to easily add colored information boxes to their post or page. These colored boxes will show up above their content. This is perfect for anyone who needs an easy way to put temporary alerts or announcements on their WordPress site.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Alison Barrett
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4/5 (4 votes)
• : 1.660
• : click here

statistX adds a configurable hit counter to your WordPress blog. It also includes a web traffic and search/keyword -analysis. To get your free statistX ID, simply visit http://www.statistx.com/signup.php and: 1. enter your desired username 2. enter your website's URL 3. select the counter style you like 4. opt for top 100 inclusion for valuable backlinks 5. enter the captcha code 6. press "Signup" 7. write down or save your statistX ID and password 8. insert your statistX ID in the widget parameters 9. press "Save".

Visit http://www.statistx.com and statistX Top100.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Yatko
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.67/5 (12 votes)
• : 5.043
• : click here

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• Requires WP version

• :
• : 22
• :

• WordPress.org rating
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• : /5 ()
• :
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Dottoro Highlighter plugin is based on the Dottoro Syntax Highlighter service that provides professional coloring for CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML languages. It supports highlighting CSS, JavaScript and XML blocks embedded into HTML documents, optionally selectable line numbering and buttons for copying and printing code snippets. It performs a detailed lexical analysis on the source code and attaches different style classes for different language items, thus providing a very flexible way to modify the appearance of the highlighted code.

Using of the Dottoro Highlighter plugin is really simple. Just insert your code snippet in the Visual or HTML view, select it and press the Dr-Highlight button on the toolbar. You don't need to embed your source code into an element (such as PRE), just select the whole source that you want to highlight and press the Dr-Highlight button. Clicking on the Dr-Highlight button pops up a dialog box where you can specify the settings for the highlighted code. If you need to modify the appearance of a previously highlighted code, click into it then click on the Dr-Highlight button on the toolbar.

The default settings for the Dottoro Highlighter plugin can be set on the preferences page. For further description, please visit the Dottoro Syntax Highlighter site.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Dottoro.com
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.67/5 (3 votes)
• : 1.238
• : click here

This is a very simple plugin that will check to see if a visitor is logged in before allowed your WordPress site to be displayed. If they are not it will display the login page of your site. It will also add text on the login page to explain that the site required all visitors to login.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : David Marcucci
• : 22
• : 2.8.0 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.94/5 (16 votes)
• : 10.827
• : click here

The Footer Sitemap plugin generates a footer sitemap, listing pages, categories, archives by year and customizable Terms of Use and Powered by fields, changes to the Terms of Use and Powered by text areas can be made in Settings >> Footer Sitemap Options.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Sean Ham, Dynamis Consulting
• : 22
• : 2.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (4 votes)
• : 9.408
• : click here

statistX PageRank displays the Google (TM) PageRank of your WordPress blog. The widget is automatic and can be configured to display different button styles.

Visit Free pagerank Display for details.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Yatko
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (2 votes)
• : 2.961
• : click here

this plugin has been discontinued, please download Rico Ajax Menu plugin( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rico-ajax-menu/ ) instead.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : obaq
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 0/5 (0 votes)
• : 871
• : click here

Display a folder tree of your pages that is easy to expand and contract on your Dashboard. Designed for people that use Wordpress as a content management system.

The idea came from developing a site with over 50 pages in multiple folders and it became impossible to follow which page was where in the folder structure.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Tristan Botly
• : 22
• : 2.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3/5 (2 votes)
• : 3.446
• : click here

This plugin allows you to watermark your uploaded images. You can create watermark with different fonts and apply it to different image sizes (thumbnail, medium, large, fullsize), positioning it anywhere on the image.

Requirements:

• PHP5
• GD extension for PHP
• FreeType Library

To-do:

• Bug fixing (request by: all)
• Don't display watermark on images where watermark would overflow image (request by: alex)
• Watermark background color and opacity (request by: quentin, alex, Richard, nick)
• Option to disable watermark on certain pictures (request by: anchy-9, Yannick Chauvet)
• Watermarking aditional image sizes added by other plugins (request by: twincascos)
• Watermark pictures with image (request by: Loverock, Nicolas)
• Watermarking images that were uploaded before plugin was installed (request by: anchy-9, Blogging Junction, Ashkir, Mobile Ground, Nicolas)
• Watermark text with outline (request by: James)
• ...

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Sandi Verdev
• : 22
• : 2.9 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.04/5 (24 votes)
• : 40.066
• : click here

Display an exchange rate table for any currency in the world. Select from a choice of table sizes and formats.

• Choice of over 200 currencies
• Choice of display formats, adjustable width and header colors
• Place one or several currency tables on the sidebar
• Updated once a day from central banks and government institutions

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : enclick
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.56/5 (9 votes)
• : 3.949
• : click here

YOU NEED JAVASCRIPT ON IN YOUR BROWSER!

Have You Ever Wanted Your Website or Blog To Have The Transition Effects That a AJAX Powered Website Possess? Now You Can With This Simple Plug N Play WordPress Plugin Powered With jQuery.

• Easy To Use and Set-up Via the Options Page.

• Tested in IE7, IE8, FF 3.5, And Opera 10. Works Good For The Most Part Accross Those Browsers.

• Click Here to check out the working demo.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Kris Jonasson
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4/5 (12 votes)
• : 8.246
• : click here

Accordion Menu is a simple jquery accordion menu plugin for Wordpress. It enables an accordion menu for your Pages sidebar widget. It works for upto 3 levels of hierarchy.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Bruce Drummond
• : 22
• : 2.9.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 2.67/5 (6 votes)
• : 6.047
• : click here

The TranslateThis Button for WordPress installs a Javascript translation widget that provides translation into 52 different languages using the Google Language API. The widget can be included either using template tags or the widgetized sidebar.

The plugin provides a variety of display, language and functionality options for the TranslateThis Button. In the settings page you can:

• Use custom imagery or disable imagery altogether
• Modify the UI text
• Enable Google Analytics tracking
• Restrict the scope of the translation
• Disable the cookie that automatically translates entire site
• Change the languages used in the dropdown
• And much more

Read the complete documentation for more information.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Jon Raasch
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.38/5 (32 votes)
• : 23.200
• : click here