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Annoying WordPress Plugin Updates

drivelocity — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:44:40 +0000

Lately, I’ve been seeing some plugins updated almost daily. It really makes me wonder… Are they tested before release? It’s not a big deal if you have one blog, but if you have several, it can be a major chore to keep them all updated. And, if an update causes problems, you can be in for a world of hurt. That’s why it’s recommended to have a test blog to try out your plugin combinations beforehand and to make sure there aren’t any conflicts.

Here are a few examples:

Viper’s Video Quicktags – Another update today, which prompted this post. It seems like there are a few updates a week, sometimes daily. The latest update is to fix a bug inroduced in the version it’s replacing.
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – This one went a little while without updates, then all of a sudden one came along, but it caused errors. Thankfully, an update was released the same day, but then another the next, and another the next…
CommentLuv – While not updated quite as often, I’m sticking with an older version. I tried to upgrade on two separate occasions and it screwed up my blog and I had to delete and activate the one I originally downloaded.

FeedBurner/CommentLuv Users Must Update Feed URLs

drivelocity — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:23:33 +0000

There appears to be more backlash from the Feedburner to Google migration. I just received the following email from CommentLuv:

Important!

Google has recently taken over FeedBurner which means
your feed URL has changed. CommentLuv stores your
feed URL from the first time it sees your site so if
you are using Feedburner be sure to log in to
CommentLuv, go to the "claim your site" link in the
menu and enter your new feedburner URL in the field
marked "Feed URL"

This will fix any problems you may be experiencing
where the posts returned when you comment on
CommentLuv blogs aren't up to date. Once you update
your feed url to the new one then everything will go
back to normal.

Please be aware that the new site and back end script
are being developed this and next month so there may
be some intermittent access and responses while the
new server takes over from the old one.

Visit the link below to log in to CommentLuv and
update your feed url.
http://www.commentluv.com/settings

you can contact me any time by replying to this messge

Kind regards

Andy Bailey
http://www.commentluv.com

I guess I need to contact some blog aggregators like IpsoSacto.com and have them update the feed URL. I think the original one still works, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, at some point, it gets turned off.

Top Commentators Plugin

drivelocity — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:52:57 +0000

After spending some time surfing some marketing and SEO related blogs, I decided to give the Top Commentators plugin a try. It allows you to add a widget to your sidebar that will display the visitors who post the most comments in a certain period of time. You can exclude specific people, like I did for myself, and set it to reset hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or show top commentors of all time. There are a bunch of other options to customize the display. It’s another reward system for people commenting on your blog, like the CommentLuv plugin I added recently, that can provide a link back to the commentor’s site on your blog’s index, or on every page, which is how I currently have it set…

So, if you’d like to be listed and linked to in the right sidebar, start posting some comments! Keep in mind that comments are moderated and blatant spam will not make it through this human filter.

CommentLuv

drivelocity — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:09:12 +0000

I’ve seen a fair number of blogs using CommentLuv, so I decided to check it out…

What is CommentLuv?

CommentLuv is a WordPress plugin that helps give incentive to visitors to post comments on your blog. Rather than simply giving them only one URL to their site, CommentLuv adds another option when someone posts a comment. You will now see that below the comment form a new checkbox that is pre-checked. Once you fill out the form, it will give you the option of selecting a post from your blog to display with that post’s title. It’s a way to give something back to the people who visit and comment on your blog, especially since NOFOLLOW is turned off.

Why register on CommentLuv.com?

Once you register yourself and verify that you are the owner of your blog on CommentLuv.com, you will have some added benefits. Specifically, you will have a wider selection of your blog posts to link to from a blog using the CommentLuv plugin.