New BloggingTips author Sarah recently noticed a major flaw in the popular Show Commentators Plugin for WordPress.
As Sarah explained last month :
To briefly explain, the plugin creates the top commentators list by counting the number of comments made per name which is easily forged, by accident or on purpose. It then links the name using the last URL given on that name’s comment. So all you need is someone to forge someone else’s name and use a different URL and they get a nice little, usually no followed, link from your site.
Thankfully,…
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If you’ve ever tried to include a snippet of code in your post you might have run into a common problem where Wordpress decides to work it’s magic and format your code into something pretty unusable for demonstration purposes. You might have tried to code tag, but that doesn’t help much either.
One solution is to run your post through a tool to convert the code into something Wordpress won’t modify. This is what I used in my last post. But a better solution is a plugin called Syntax Highlighter that saves…
Brian’s threaded comments is one of the most used plugins amongst wordpress bloggers. I’m a big fan of it myself however as I have mentioned a few times in the past, it’s very buggy and clashes with a lot of designs. Thankfully, Alex Sysoef has been busting his ass fixing the plugin and has released a fix.
I’ve not had a chance to test the upgrade personally as yet however from the comments left already it looks like he’s done a good job. If you run a wordpress blog and are…
Most bloggers (who use WordPress) have their own unique assortment of plugins they find necessary for their blogs. Some use plugins to insert AdSense ads into their posts. Others install plugins to ease comment management. Still others use “Admin Themes” to customize their blogging experience.
While we all have our preferences for plugins, there are some that have nearly universal appeal. Most blogs can benefit from these six plugins:
- Full Text Feed - Are you getting complaints that your RSS feed doesn’t have the full content of your articles? Full Text Feed makes…
