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Redirect URL to Post, Version 0.11: Random With Bias
This version of the free WordPress plugin Redirect URL to Post comes with a new feature: You can now pick a random from all posts with a bias on a certain subsample. You determine the subsample as before with the parameters count and (optionally) offset. Normally, the random post would be picked from this subsample. …
Tag Groups Premium
Tag Groups Premium, Version 1.18.0: List Your Posts by Groups
I have just released the latest version of Tag Groups Premium. This new release comes with many bug fixes and improvements under the hood. There are also two new features: Insert a list of posts that match selected tag groups. Use the shortcode Tag Groups Premium, Version 1.22.0: More Filter Options for the Post ListPosted …
Redirect URL to Post
Redirect URL to Post, Version 0.10: Random From a Subsample
This version of the free WordPress plugin Redirect URL to Post comes with a new feature: Until now, the parameter random always picked one out of the entire pool of posts (that match the search criteria). Now you can pick a random post from a subsample. The new parameter count lets you limit the pool …
Tag Groups Premium
Tag Groups Premium, Version 1.17.5: Show Your Tags Grouped by First Letter
This version of Tag Groups Premium is actually just a point release, since it doesn’t bring a new feature in its own code. Nevertheless, it deserves its own blog post because the bundled free plugin contains a new feature that it therefore shares with the premium plugin. This new feature is the Alphabetical Tag Cloud. …
Tag Groups Free
Tag Groups, Version 0.42: Alphabetical Tag Cloud as Gutenberg Block
This update of the free Tag Groups WordPress plugin fixes a bug and adds one feature: Now you can use the Alphabetical Tag Cloud as Gutenberg block. The main advantage of the block is that you don’t need to mess around with shortcodes and parameters.1 Here is an example with the theme “tag-groups-theme-green” and appended …
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Trying the New Flattr
Flattr is a service that helps you support creators on the Internet with micro-payments. In this post I am testing its potential to fund free software.
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Redirect Users to Random Posts – Video
The online magazine WPBeginner has created a useful screencast that shows you how to install and use my Redirect URL to Post plugin. You also find an article about redirecting to random WordPress posts on their website. Here is the video – with many thanks to the folks at WPBeginner!
Tag Groups Free
Tag Groups, Version 0.41: Tag Cloud With Alphabetical Tabs
The latest version of the free Tag Groups plugin comes with a few bug fixes and a new shortcode. The shortcode creates a tabbed tag cloud, similar to what we already know, the only difference being that the names in the tabs are created automatically: You find there the first letters of your tags. For …
Redirect URL to Post
Redirect URL to Post, Version 0.9: Go to 2nd, 3rd, etc. Post
The latest version of Redirect URL to Post adds a new feature that has been requested several times by users: Now you can redirect to the 2nd, 3rd, or any later position in the set of posts that match the criteria. Simply use the new parameter offset. Here is one example: This link would redirect …
Tag Groups Premium
Tag Groups Premium, Version 1.17.0: New Shortcode Parameters
The latest release of Tag Groups Premium comes with new shortcode parameters and the corresponding settings in the Gutenberg blocks. Dynamic Post Filter: Total Number of Posts The dynamic post filter is now able to show a line above the posts, provided that any post was found. This feature can be turned on with display_amount=1 …
