I Make Plugins
This plugin is for WordPress plugin authors, not users. It showcases your plugins on your WordPress blog, using the WordPress.org plugin repository as a source. It generates both a directory listing page, and the content of each plugin’s page. All you have to provide is the title; the rest comes from the repository. You get to control the markup of each type of page using intuitive WordPress shortcodes.
Download
Latest version: Download I Make Plugins v1.1 [zip]
This plugin has been downloaded 461 times.
Installation
- You’re a plugin author. I really hope you know how to install plugins.
FAQ
Q. Why isn’t my plugin pulling information from the repository?
A. Its page “slug” much match the “slug” of the plugin in the repository. That is how the match is made.
Q. I’ve updated my plugin’s `readme.txt` file. Why aren’t the changes showing?
A. Be patient. The API responses are cached for a little while.
Changelog
1.1
- Added
[implist_version],[imp_min_version],[imp_tested_version],[imp_slug],[imp_downloads]shortcodes - Added optional advanced loop structure for FAQ, using
[imp_faq],[imp_faq_question],[imp_faq_answer],[/imp_faq] - Added optional advanced loop structure for changelog, using
[imp_changelog],[imp_changelog_version],[imp_changelog_changes],[imp_changelog_change],[/imp_changelog_changes],[/imp_changelog] - Allowed any tag to have a conditional wrapper counterpart by adding
if_to the front of its shortcode, e.g.[if_imp_changelog] - Better inline documentation
- Moved donation suggestion box to the bottom of the options form
1.0
- Initial release
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Nice Plugin, thanks for your work!
Is there something planed to include the screenshot tab in a further release or shall I add it myself?
Great plugin! Would you consider a shortcode in place of the “Plugin container page” method you are using? Just to make it easier to wrap custom content around the initial plugin listing.
Brilliant plugin!
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Great plugin.
I have found a bug. And I have a fix:
I noticed that the readmes for my plugins were pulled from the api and written to the postmeta table on every single page request, slowing down page delivery considerably. I dug into your code and found a problem with operator-precedence on line 71. You need parantheses around the first variable assignment. The line should read:
if ( ( $ts = get_post_meta( $page_id, ‘_cws_imp_readme_timestamp’, true ) ) && $ts > time() – 3600 && $rm = get_post_meta( $page_id, ‘_cws_imp_readme’, true ) ) { // fresh
HTH – Expect more in the future…
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I’m sure I’m being dense, but for the main listing page that lists all of your plugins, how do you pass in some sort of identifier so it knows who you are?
Thanks,
Scott.
Fine plugin. I wish you continued success.