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EzGz: WordPress GZip Plugin

By default, WordPress (at least in the current generation, 2.8) does not enable any kind of compression on its output. Some plugins, like WP Super Cache, add gzip compression, but that’s an awfully big plugin if all you want is compressed output. So I wrote EzGz this afternoon.

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WP: Better Search Widget 1.1

Better Search Widget 1.1 is a significant upgrade to Better Search Widget that adds new features and fixes an old bug with internationalization. Features (New features in bold.) Optional default value. Optional, custom widget title**.** Optional onfocus and onblur listeners. Optional, customizable focus and blur colors. Custom button value.

api

Widget l10n

I spent some of today working on bringing a couple of WordPress widgets up-to-date (Better Search and Most Comments) only to discover there is a new widget API. I guess I haven’t been paying attention. I’ll probably start some 2.0 branches tomorrow to take advantage of the

Back-end

WP Plugin: Better Search Widget

Today I upgraded from WordPress 2.3.3 to 2.6.1. I’m such a late adopter sometimes. I had to go through and repeat a few hacks. For example, 2.3.x didn’t allow you to do get_sidebar($name), so I’d hacked the “get_sidebar(

Design

Skinning(/Leatherworking)

I’m (finally) working on the new theme. It’s obviously a work-in-progress, so just appreciate the effort for now. I’m starting with the default WordPress theme by Michael Heilemann. I’m not going to lie: I really dislike this particular theme. The look, though bland, is fine. What

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WordPress Plugin: Insert Ad Code

I wanted a way to generate more revenue off my WordPress blog. A lot of sites use square ads embedded after the first couple of paragraphs of their articles, and I thought this would be perfect for my post pages, which don’t show the WordPress sidebar. But I couldn’