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WordPress Plugin: Pocket Read It Later Links

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Latest version: 1.0- Released June 15th, 2012:

  • Initial release.

Description

This plugin allows you to display Pocket 'Read It Later' links next to each post on your blog. You can see an example on the Pocket blog. You can automatically insert the links adjacent to your blog posts or you can use the template tag to insert the links wherever you like.

What the hell is Pocket?

From getpocket.com:

Pocket (formerly Read It Later) helps people who discover an interesting article, video or web page, but don’t have time to view it. Once saved to Pocket, the list of content is visible on any device — phone, tablet or computer. It can be viewed while waiting in line, on the couch or during commutes or travel — even offline.

Check out getpocket.com for all the details and to sign up.

  1. pocket screenshot 1

    'Read It Later' links inserted automatically into the WordPress default theme

  2. pocket screenshot 2

    The options screen

Installation

You can install this plugin directly from your WordPress dashboard:

  1. Go to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
  2. Search for Pocket Read It Later Links.
  3. Click Install Now next to the Pocket Read It Later Links plugin.
  4. Activate the plugin.

Alternatively, see the guide to Manually Installing Plugins.

Once activated, check out the front page of your blog. A ‘Read It Later’ link will now show adjacent to each post.

Usage

By default, this plugin adds a ‘Read It Later’ link adjacent to each blog post on your blog. You can control where the ‘Read It Later’ links show up by going to the Settings -> Pocket Links menu in WordPress.

Download

This plugin requires WordPress version 3.3 or later. Tested up to 3.4.2.

Version 1.0 ZIP file from downloads.wordpress.org

Any comments, questions, queries, suggestions, complaints, etc, please leave a comment!

WordPress Plugin: Feed Thumbnails

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Latest version: 1.2- Released July 4th, 2010
  • Bugfix for the Get The Image plugin integration.

Description

This plugin simply adds your post thumbnails to your feed as RSS enclosures. Nothing else to it. If you don't use thumbnails or you don't know what enclosures are or why you might want them, then this probably isn't for you.

The plugin supports the Post Thumbnail feature built into WordPress and the Get The Image plugin by Justin Tadlock.

Installation

  1. Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
  3. View your feed (you might need to do a hard refresh - ctrl+reload) and any posts that have a thumbnail defined will have an enclosure containing a link to the thumbnail.

Download

This plugin requires WordPress version 2.9 or later.

Version 1.2 ZIP file from downloads.wordpress.org

Any comments, questions, queries, suggestions, complaints, etc, please leave a comment!

WordPress Plugin: Disable Theme Updates

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Latest version: 1.1 – Released June 15th, 2012

All the information for this plugin can be found over at the WordPress Plugin Directory: Disable WordPress Theme Updates.

Don’t forget you can also disable WordPress core updates and disable WordPress plugin updates too.

WordPress Plugin: Logout Password Protected Posts

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Latest version: 0.2 – Released November 3rd, 2012

Description

There is no built-in way for your visitors to "log out" of password protected posts once they've entered the password. Even logged in users cannot log out of password protected posts by logging out of their account. This plugin solves that problem by providing a link for your visitors to log out of password protected posts.

After installing the plugin, add <?php do_action('posts_logout_link'); ?> somewhere in your theme to display a link for logging out of password protected posts.

Installation

You can install this plugin directly from your WordPress dashboard:

  1. Go to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
  2. Search for Logout Password Protected Posts.
  3. Click Install Now next to the Logout Password Protected Posts plugin.
  4. Activate the plugin.
  5. Add <?php do_action('posts_logout_link'); ?> somewhere in your theme.

Those people who are logged in to password protected posts will now see a link to log out.

For manual installation, see the guide to Manually Installing Plugins.

FAQ

I can't see a link to log out. What's up?

Have you added the template tag somewhere in your theme? You need to add <?php do_action('posts_logout_link'); ?> somewhere in your theme for the link to show up.

I've added the template tag to my theme but I can't see the log out link. What's up?

Ensure that you have entered a password for a password protected post. The link will not show up if you're not logged into a password protected post.

Can I change the default text in the link?

Sure. Add a second parameter to the template tag with the text you'd like instead. For example: <?php do_action('posts_logout_link','Log out!'); ?>

For those who want even more control, you can also add a third paramter which will be used as the class name on the link element.

Download

Version 0.2 ZIP file from downloads.wordpress.org

Any comments, questions, queries, suggestions, complaints, etc, please leave a comment!