• A Shortcode for use in posts and pages
• A template function for use in templates
• A dashboard widget

An example download graph looks like this:

Download Plugin-Stats Version 1.1

The plugin was sponsored by The Lessnau Lounge which means each Twitterdoodle post contains a sponsored link to his site. He’s advertised it a bit better and word of it is already popping up on Google, etc.

Download Twitterdoodle 1.0

• Input PHP code directly into the Crontrol interface.
• Non-repeating (one-offs) cron entries can be scheduled.
• Cron entries with arguments are now properly handled

For plugin developers writing plugins using the WP-Cron system, this plugin is indispensable. For WordPress users, WP-Crontrol reveals the secret life of your blog. My series on taking control of the WordPress cron system provides code and tips on how to best utilize WP-Crontrol.

Download WP-Crontrol Version 1.0

The statistics are pulled using the same functions that the WordPress.com Stats plugin uses and are cached for 5 minutes, as are all stats from the plugin. The graphic is created on the fly using the Google Charts API. The plugin just build the URL and sends it to the browser. Colors, timespan, and Google Charts parameters are all completely configurable using filter hooks.

WordPress 2.5 is the primary version supported. Previous versions should work, but have not been tested.

Download ImmerStat Version 0.5

WP-Crontrol is a plugin I wrote that’s been up on WordPress.org for a couple months now, but I’ve just today finished a version that has all the features and polish to be called a release. WP-Crontrol lets you take control over what’s happening in the WP-Cron system. Here’s what it let’s you do:

• Add new cron schedules that can be used by other plugins to set intervals for cron entries.
• Add new cron entries manually. The user must then add the code for the cron entry somewhere in code.
• Modify existing cron entries. This allows you to change the time of a cron entry to a more convenient time (for example, midnight for a backup).
• Execute existing cron entries immediately.

The biggest feature planned for the next version is the ability to enter PHP code for the cron entry directly in the administration interface. This will allow a user to add a cron entry completely from within the browser.

Download WP-Crontrol Version 0.3

• Removed a hardcoded database prefix. (thanks, shafeng)
• Changed the minimum WordPress version required to 2.1. It was incorrectly set to 2.0.2. (thanks, Keith)

Download the new version.

• Growl on Mac OS X
• DBus on Linux
• Standard out on any platform

The DBus code is completely untested and is hacked from The Tao of Mac. You’ll probably need a couple things installed (such as libnotify and python-notify), but I’m not completely sure. If someone wants to test it out and let me know how it works, I’d be grateful.

Download WP Comment Notification

[Update: Added mention of multiple blog support]

The file linked to below contains a python script which connects to your WordPress installation and uses the HowToGeek – WP Notifier plugin to check for any comments that are awaiting moderation. If any are found, the script uses Growl to notify you that they’re waiting. Full instructions are included in the .ZIP file and below. Let me know if there’s anything you think can be improved (or fixed).

Download WordPress Comment Moderation Notifier for OSX

Requirements

You must have the HowToGeek – WP Notifier plugin installed.

Installation

Install the python Growl library provided in the .ZIP file.

1. cd growl
2. python setup.py build
3. sudo python setup.py install

Now that the Growl library is installed, tweak the configuration values to your liking at the top of wpcmnosx.py. Move the script to your favorite location.

Configuration

There are a number of configuration variables listed at the top of wpcmnosx.py. This is what they mean:

XMLRPC_LOCATION: The location of your xmlrpc.php file. Should be something like http://example.com/wordpress/xmlrpc.php or http://example.com/xmlrpc.php.
BLOG_ID: The ID of your blog in WordPress. The default value of 1 is probably ok.
USERNAME: A username with the moderate_comments privilege.
PASSWORD: … and the password
NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL: The amount of time in minutes to wait between checking.
DAEMON: Whether to put the script in the background after executing.

Execution

To execute the script, run python wpcmnosx.py from the command line.

If the script is configured as a DAEMON, you will get your command-line back immediately and the process will continue running in the background. The process id of the process is written to the `~/.wp_comment_notifier.pid` file. The process can then be killed using `kill`

Precautions

Your password is stored in cleartext in wpcmnosx.py. You might want to chmod it to 700. Also, as mentioned by the author of the HowToGeek – WP Notifier plugin, the username and password are sent in cleartext if you don’t use SSL in the XMLRPC_LOCATION configuration setting.

[Update: Also available using AppleScript]

[Update: Now supports other notification methods and multiple blogs]

New in this version:

• Notifications frequency is now selectable
• Added fix to work with Improved Include Page plugin. Thanks, Vincent!
• Moved localizing out of javascript file

Planned for the future versions:

• WordPress 2.3 compatibility
• A way to store the old, approved version of a post while a new one is waiting to be approved

This plugin makes it possible to do what I talk about yesterday (add custom columns to the Manage Posts screen) on the Manage Pages screen. There’s been a long-open enhancement request to implement this in the WordPress core. I don’t see that happening anytime soon (and neither do those who’ve bumped the milestone from 2.0.1 to 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3 to it’s current 2.4), so here’s a plugin to fill the void.

Keep a look out here for another tutorial that expands on the one yesterday. Here’s a hint though: it’ll be short. All that needs to be done is activate this plugin and implement the action/filter pair it provides: manage_pages_custom_column and manage_pages_columns.