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WordPress Spam Stopper Plugin Updated

August 12, 2009 | Published in: Out of the Blue | Tags: , , , , 1

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

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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

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WordPress Download Monitor 3

Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin

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

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Download Monitor 3.0 Beta Available

March 6, 2009 | Published in: Out of the Blue | Tags: , , , 16

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

July 23, 2008 | Published in: Wordpress & plugins | Tags: , , , , , , 358

Sidebar Login 2At 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.

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WordPress Download Monitor Plugin 2

This plugin has now been replaced by an updated version which you can find here. This version is good for wordpress versions below 2.5 and can be obtained here.


Wordpress Download Monitor PluginIt’s here! The new improved download monitor plugin for wordpress is ready for use, and ready for wordpress 2.5 which is set to be released soon. This new version, aside form the wordpress 2.5 support, contains many bug fixes and is now much more efficient.

Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking download hits, and displaying links. Version 1 had a total of over 6000 downloads, lets hope this new release proves just as popular. Read more for the download link, the list of fixes, and usage/upgrade instructions.

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    • Download Monitor 3.3.5 Tagged for release

      The latest update to Download Monitor for WordPress has been released; this version comes with a many fixes and some new features, such as improved sorting. For full details view the readme; you can grab the plugin here.

    • Closing the Forums

      Just posting to let current users know that I’m closing the forum on Blue-Anvil. This is mainly due to spam-registrations getting out of hand and being a general nuisance. I will be posting good topics as FAQ items within posts if applicable.

      Please note that you can still post and get help for my plugins/themes by posting on the wordpress.org website.

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      Are you a user of the WordPress MiniCard theme? Its been downloaded over 14,000 times so far!

      If you have used it as-is, made your own child-theme or done something creative with it, please show off your MiniCard’s in the comments, I’d love to see how the theme is being used!

    • 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.