Category Archives: WordPress

WordPress Upgrade

I just upgraded the software that runs this blog, from WordPress 1.5.1.3 to 1.5.2. Everything seems to have made a smooth transition. I did notice that my new Filosofo Comments Preview plugin for WordPress was missing some variable names in WordPress 1.5.2, but a few quick changes and I have the new version ready to […]

My New Plugin Now at WordPress Plugin DB

I’ve just posted info on my new Filosofo Comments Preview plugin at the WordPress Plugin DB. I hope that will generate some interest and feedback.

WordPress Comments Preview Plugin

I complained earlier that I could find no server-side WordPress plugin to preview comments. I wanted something that didn’t depend on JavaScript and actually filtered the comment so that it would look in the preview as it actually would be published. So I decided to write my own. It does require editing a couple of […]

WordPress on Previews: No Comments

Why doesn’t WordPress ship with a real comments preview? By “real” I mean doesn’t rely on JavaScript (so that excludes Comment Live Preview, as nice as that is)previews the comments as they will actually look (i.e. with filters applied, etc.) All discussion boards (and other weblog software) include this feature. Why isn’t there at least […]

Plugging Plugin Problems

I just installed the nicely designed Get Recent Comments plugin, but because I’m using WordPress 1.5.1.3 at the moment, I got the following error when trying to set the plugin’s options in the dashboard under Options > Recent Comments: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare kjgrc_subpage_gravatar() in …/wp-content/plugins/get-recent-comments.php on line 23   Apparently I’m not the only […]