Callum Macdonald » WordPress-Plugins

Another WordPress plugin

Callum — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:17:52 +0000

I’ve been on something of a plugin writing spree of late. I’ve just written my second WordPress plugin this week.

I realised that the timezone was wrong on this blog. It’s been wrong since I left Sydney. Now that I’m posting status updates, and not using the “posted X minutes ago” format, it’s obvious when my times are wrong.

I looked into how I could change the times on my old posts. In the process I found Otto’s excellent Automatic Timezone plugin. It sets your timezone automatically including changes for DST and so on. You just choose the nearest city and it does the rest.

However, I couldn’t find a plugin that would change the timezone information on older posts. So I wrote one. The first version ruined the posts, thankfully I had run a backup before I made 90% of the changes. This version seems to work fine. New page here, it’s still waiting for approval from the WordPress plugin directory.

So the timestamp on this post is correct for my current timezone, it’s 2:17am, time for bed!

WP Mail SMTP v0.7

Callum — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:17:57 +0000

I released version 0.7 of the WP Mail SMTP plugin a couple of days ago. To make support a little more manageable I’m going to switch the comments from the plugin page to a post for each version. So please ask in the comments here for all support questions related to version 0.7. If you’re using a previous version, please upgrade and then post your questions here!

Please be sure to look back at previous questions before posting here. If you’re having a problem where mails are not being sent, or anything of that nature, please post your debugging output. Send a test mail, then copy / paste the response into the comments. Remember to delete any passwords. I’d recommend you replace any @ symbols with something else (at), [at], #at#, etc.

WP Mail SMTP v0.6 released

Callum — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:25:26 +0000

Just released a new version of the WP Mail SMTP plugin. There were a stream of similar questions about one particular error message over the last few months. Hopefully this new version will provide more detailed debugging output. I’d recommend upgrading to anyone having problems. There are no bugfixes or security fixes in this update, so it’s not a priority release.

Update: I’ve released version 0.7 today as well. This version fixes a long-standing bug where the plugin would overwrite the from name and email, even if they had been set by another plugin (or WordPress itself). I recommend everyone update to 0.7 as soon as possible.

Installed a sitemap

Callum — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:15:54 +0000

I’m on a mission to take the top spot when searching for “Callum”. I’m currently number 2 on Scroogle and number 21 on Yahoo. In my continuing efforts for worldwide Callum domination, I’ve installed the XML Sitemap Plugin. Hopefully this will help these search engines to realise the error of their ways and promote me to my rightful position as number 1!

WordPress Options Pages

Callum — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:44:25 +0000

I’ve just written an article on the WordPress Codex (wiki) about how to create options pages and have WordPress handle all the saving / updating / magic for you. I discovered the technique the other day and I think it’s a gem, makes for very elegant plugins!

WP Mail SMTP v0.3

Callum — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:15:19 +0000

A few people reported problems with the WP Mail SMTP plugin. I’ve resolved a few bugs and added a new feature that allows you to set the From name and email address of all mail sent by the wp_mail() function. I’ve thoroughly tested this version (unlike previous versions, oops!) and I’ve released it for immediate update.

Please note: SMTP authentication does not work in version 0.2, I encourage all users to upgrade immediately.

First Published WordPress Plugin

Callum — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:19:41 +0000

I just whipped up a very simple little WordPress plugin called WP Mail SMTP. It’s not my first plugin, I’ve created quite a few for clients, but it’s the first one that I’ve published in my own name. It’s already listed on WP-Plugins.net and I’ve submitted it to WordPress.org, how very exciting!