This is the latest update for my Wordpress plugin, Site Statistics.

Plugin Name: Site Statistics
Version: 1.3
Plugin URI: http://www.cypherhackz.net/plugins-themes/site-statistics/
Description: Show your site statistics. Posts, comments, categories, last post, last commentator and last modified.
Author: Fauzi Mohd Darus
Author URI: http://www.cypherhackz.net/

Download: cypher_site-statistics.zip

What’s New

• Only display approved comments.
• Last Modified is now easier to read.

For more info and demo about this plugin, you can visit the plugin page here, WP Plugin: Site Statistics. [tags]site statistics, plugin, wordpress plugin[/tags]

This is why I like using Wordpress. You can do so many things with it. Here I will teach you how to publish your post even you are on vacation. This tricks kinda old. I’m sure there are some of you have knew about it. It is just we set the date and time when we want to publish that post. Ok here is how to do it.

1. Just type your post as usual.
2. Before you click on Publish, make sure you set the time when you want your post been published. To do this, you set it at the Post Timestamp. It is located at the sidebar in the New Post page.
3. Then click Publish.

When the time reach, your post will be published automatically. So it is easier for you who are hardcore bloggers who always want to update your site daily.

BinaryMoon [via InfoMalaya] [tags]tips, tricks, publish[/tags]

That is why I love using Wordpress for my website. You can do so many things with it. Lately I read about how LiewCF integrate StumbleUpon on his website. To do it is really simple.

1. Open up your single.php (index.php is also can) file.
2. Put this code in the file.
   

   <ahref=”http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title(); ?>”><img src=”http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/stumble1.gif” alt=”Stumble It!”></a>

3. Make sure you put that code in the loop or it will not work.
4. Done!

If you don’t want image as the link for the StumbleUpon, you can replace it with simple text like Stumble It!, Thumbs Up!, etc. I know that you guys are creative. Lol… [tags]stumbleupon, tips, stumble[/tags]

For the demo, you can see the StumbleUpon button below my post. Stumble It!

This is a must upgrade for those who are using my Easy Announcement Wordpress plugin. Why? Because in this latest version, you can use newline instead of using breakline <br /> in your announce.txt text file.

Plugin Name: Easy Announcement
Version: 1.1
Plugin URI: http://www.cypherhackz.net/plugins-themes/
Description: An easy way to display announcement on your site without have to edit your theme file.
Author: Fauzi Mohd Darus
Author URI: http://www.cypherhackz.net

Download: cypher_easy-announcement.zip [tags]plugin, wordpress plugin, download, easy announcement[/tags]

How to Install

1. Download the plugin file.
2. Extract file cypher_easy-announcement.zip.
3. Upload easy_announcement folder into your Wordpress plugin folder.
4. CHMOD easy_announcement folder and announce.txt file to 666.
5. Activate the plugin in your Plugins admin panel.
6. Put this function <?php easy_announcement(); ?> in your theme file. Eg: index.php
7. Done!

How to Upgrade

1. Download the plugin file.
2. Extract file cypher_easy-announcement.zip.
3. Upload easy_announcement.php to easy_announcement folder to replace the previous version plugin.
4. Done!

How to Update the Announcement

1. In your Admin Panel, go to Plugins.
2. Scroll down to Easy Announcement plugin.
3. Under Description there is a hyperlink text “HERE”.
4. Click on it and update your annoucement.

Version History

• 1.1
  - Now can use newline instead of using <br />
  - Bugs fixed
• 1.0
  - Initial Release

Have you upgrade your Wordpress to version 2.0.5 yet? Get the latest stable Wordpress version 2.0.5 now at Wordpress download page. There are about 50 bug fixes which you can check at dev tracker and thanks to Mark for this latest Wordpress version.

If you want to upgrade from version Wordpress 2.0.4, you don’t need to upload all the files included in the .zip file. You just need to download this Changed Files Zip (from WordPress 2.0.5 Upgrade: changed files ZIP, changes diff, changed files list ) and upload it to your Wordpress installation folder.

Be warned! Always make a backup of your database(s) before you proceed to upgrade to the latest version.

Cypher: Ehem…they are working on Wordpress 2.1. I can’t wait for the next release. He3. [tags]wordpress, wordpress 2.0.5, wordpress upgrade[/tags]

After the “disaster ” happen to my site, now I backup my databases daily. But I do it manually. And recently I stumbled to this site on how to automatically backup your wordpress database. The only things that you need are this WP-Cron and WordPress Database Backup. BTW I assumed that you have already install Wordpress Database Backup plugin. If not, you need to download the plugin and install it first before you can proceed.

With WP-Cron plugin, you can schedule your wordpress to backup and send the backup file to your email. Here how to do it:

1. You need to download this WP-Cron plugin
2. Extract the wp-cron.php file into /wp-content/plugins
3. Activate the plugin in Plugin panel
4. Then go to Manage > Backup
5. Make sure Daily in Schedule is checked and type in the email where you want the file will be sent to.
6. Tick other tables that you want to include.
7. Click Submit.
8. Lastly, wait the attached email to your inbox.

Cypher: I must say that this is really great plugin. I really recommend for you all to download and use this plugin. [tags]how to, backup, cron job, plugin[/tags]

For those who have Google AdSense account, you can use this plugin to check your AdSense earning without need to visit Google AdSense website. It is very useful for those who frequently check their earning incomes like me.

The plugin, AdSense Earning Reports will show your today earnings, past earnings from selected range in your Wordpress dashboard or in the Options page.

Here are two screenshots of the plugin on the run:

Image 1: On your wordpress dashboard

Image 2: In your Wordpress Options page (click the image to enlarge)

As you can see in Image 2, you can set how many past earnings that you want to display. By default it was set to 10 but I have changed it to 5. So it easier for me to check my past 5 days earnings without have to scrolldown so many times.

Want to use this plugin? Get it here, AdSense Earnings WordPress Plugin. [tags]wordpress plugin, plugin, adsense[/tags]

I would like to ask you bloggers, what happen with your olds posts? Old that I mean here are posts that have been leave down far at the bottom of your archives.

I start thinking about this yesterday when I glance through my own posts in my archives and thought what will happen with all of my old posts. Do people read them? Do I need to delete all of these old posts to clear my spaces? (sure I will not delete them lol…) Should I republish these posts? Many questions came into my head yesterday.

Read more…

These are 10 Wordpress plugins that are useful for your website. If you not yet have them, I really suggest you to download and activate these plugins.

Google Sitemaps
This generator will create a Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog.
website | download

Feedburner Feed Replacement
Forwards all feed traffic to Feedburner while creating a randomized feed for Feedburner to pull from.
website | download

Ultimate Tag Warrior
Add tags to wordpress. Tags and tag/post associations are seperated out for great justice.
website | download

Read more…

To make sure their next version free of bugs, Wordpress.Org will hold a Bug Hunt next week. This is due to Bug Independence Day on this 4th July. If you interested to join, you can join their IRC channel at #wordpress-bugs.

More Info: 2.0.4 and 2.1 Bug Hunt [Wordpress.Org]