Secure & Accessible Contact Form v2.1 for WordPress

The Secure and Accessible Contact Form plugin has now been updated for WordPress 3.0 and also contains many other tweaks to set it apart from its predecessor, such as the ability to remove optional fields (a much requested feature). Read on for more information and the download link.

Spam Stopper updated for WordPress 3.0

My Spam Stopper plugin has been updated for WordPress 3.0 (version 3.1.3) – you can grab it here. Sorry this update took longer than my other plugins but this one gets less lovin’ – if you want to change that feel free to donate, spread the word, or rate it on the WordPress.org plugin page.

Download Monitor 3.3 Beta Available for testing & feedback

WordPress Download Monitor is my popular plugin for managing files available for download in WordPress – version 3.3 is a major update containing many new features and improvements.

Version 3.3 (beta) is now available for beta testing to ensure this is a hassle free update when released officially. I would appreciate any feedback, praise and bug reports in the comments. Read more about the new features and grab it after the break.

Download Monitor 3.2.2 Maintenance Release

Download Monitor has received some more love and has been updated. Here’s the change log from the new version:

• Small bugfix in uploader.php – cat ID
• Changed stats graph calculation – thanks lggemini
• Changes to headers in download.php to avoid caching
• File Browser fixes – $root was clashing with something….
• exclude_cat works in all sections of download_page now
• Removed hardcoding of /uploads/
• Added action to download.php – should be able to use it to stop a download if you want – maybe limiting downloads per day or something? Whatever you want…
• Made it so if you post new file on ‘edit’ screen, the post date is updated.
• Fixed the ‘blank meta’ section which blanks out custom field values when nothing is set.
• Moved ‘allow_url_fopen’ check.
• Someone said downloads don’t work with spaces in the name. They do! Wasting my time sonny…
• All work and no play make jolley a dull boy
• Had to rename capabilities so they work. Apologies if you have to set this up again! Cheers to Mark Dingemanse.
• {category_ID} custom format tag added. Useful if you want to send someone to its category on the DL page I guess. Also added {category_other} so when no category is set “other” is shown – this is because the download page can show an ‘other’ section if you want it to.
• You can now manually edit the post date on the edit download screen.

If you have edited capabilities for download monitor user permissions, you’ll have to again sorry! This is because I named them too long. Also, you should check your forced downloads still work because there was a logic error meaning they may not have been forced after-all…

Enjoy.

Mahousive update to Download Monitor (3.2)

Today I completed the update for the WordPress Download Monitor Plugin – many tweaks, fixes, and features added. There were no changes to the database structure so people upgrading should be fine. Here is the list from the change log:

• {user} tag added for custom formats
• ‘autop’ option fix
• Download page buttons applied with CSS so they are easier to customise/translate.
• Fix for pagination bug after editing a download
• Category output fix on edit downloads screen
• Category urls on download page use ID rather than name to prevent errors when cats have the same names.
• exclude_cat added to download_page shortcode
• Localised ‘hits’ ‘date’ ‘title’ on download page
• Option to disable the download logging
• Read file ‘chunked’ some people found large files were corrupted so this should help (fingers crossed)
• Added show_tags option to download page – displays x amount of tags on the download page.
• File Browser root setting and download.php logic/mime types modified thanks to Jim Isaacs (jidd.jimisaacs.com)
• Interface Improvements
• Bulk edit categories, custom fields, tags, member only downloads
• Added roles for download monitor admin – should be able to use with a role manager plugin if you want anyone other than admin to access the admin section e.g. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/
• Change redirect after add
• Edit Cat names/parents
• Dedicated tags and thumbnails fields (they still use meta table though)

And yes, those category link bugs are fixed at long last, and you can edit category names finally. Phew!

WordPress Spam Stopper Plugin Updated

Spam stopper has been updated to v3.1 – and most of it has been recoded. Here’s the full list of changes:

• Added changelog to readme.
• Email validation bug squashed
• Cached comments now work; if user forgets to fill in antispam or makes a mistake (and the JS does not catch it) the users comment will not be lost.
• Redone entire code to make it more efficient
• Admin section added for changing the antispam question
• Form ID and honeypot trap added to form
• Fully localized

You can get the plugin from wordpress.org: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-stopper/

For support, please keep my comments clean and post on either the wordpress forums or my forum.

To help support spam-stopper you can make a donation (buy me a coffee, or several) or rate it on wordpress.org. Thanks!

WordPress Download Monitor 3 Documentation

I have had some requests asking me to improve the WordPress Download Monitor documentation, so I decided to write (and maintain) this post explaining the ins-and-outs of configuring and using the plugin. Hopefully it will help you guys use the plugin, and also reveal more of its power and flexibility.

Don’t forget, if you love download monitor please make a small donation and/or rate it on the wordpress plugins directory. I also appreciate your contributions to the development of the plugin, so feel free to email me any code or your suggestions. Your support is very welcome!

Links: Download Monitor Page | Plugin Directory Page

WordPress Download Monitor 3

Download Monitor 3 is upon us. Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking download hits, and displaying links. So far it has been downloaded over 45,000 times!

New features in version 3 include shortcodes, better template tags, daily stats, download logs and more! Download monitor 3 requires at least WordPress version 2.5.

Links: Download Monitor Documenation | Plugin Directory Page

Download Monitor 3.0 Beta Available

The new version of the popular wordpress plugin ‘download monitor’ is now available via wordpress.org (here). To try it download the development version.

This version has many new features such as daily download stats on the dashboard, a log of downloads, improved uploading (downloads are now organised into folders like images are), improved interface, new shortcode tag system, and a new template tag so you can query anything. See readme.txt for instructions.

Version 3.0 requires at least wordpress 2.5. Please leave any feedback/bug reports here and if all goes smoothly Ill release it officially next week.

WordPress Sidebar Login 2 – Optimised for wordpress 2.6

At last! My sidebar login widget has evolved into ‘Sidebar Login’ which has both a widget and a template tag to allow you to have a login form in the sidebar of your wordpress powered blog.

It lets users login, and then redirects them back to the page they logged in from rather than the backend, it also shows error messages. Read more for more information and the download link.