Similar Posts: Version 1.02

I have updated the Similar Posts plugin for WordPress to Version 1.02. There is no extra functionality but users should upgrade for stability reasons. Version 1,02 protects against a vulnerability where stray characters in the matching terms could cause database errors. This update also fixes a potential naming conflict between the internal names of its …

Friday Week 26 Year II

Readings: Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5; Luke 10:13-16 We get a rare glimpse of a family likeness today: Father and Son both letting off steam, both sounding provoked beyond endurance, both ticked off. And both complaining that we continue to be wilfully blind to the plain and glorious truth under our noses. I love Job, the …

What Passes For Humour Among Philosophers

I came across something to start my day with a laugh (or at least a wry smile) as I browsed the various feeds I’m subscribed to. Unfortunately I can’t give credit to the referrer since I’ve forgotten who it was. (I know … only an hour or two ago but that’s a problem of ME/CFS). …

Similar Posts: WordPress Plugin

Updated 13th January, 2007 Similar Posts Version 2.0.0 beta is now available. Largely rewritten, it includes better handling of extended character sets, some new options, and many more possible styles of display. Version 2 now has its own page where future developments will be documented. Comments are now closed for this post but can be …

Scripture References for Homilies

I’ve just installed the Scripturizer plugin by Dean Peters et al. I’ve long wanted to include links to the scripture texts that give the liturgical context for my homilies but been daunted by all the fiddling involved. Scripturizer lets me just insert the scripture references and takes care of the linkage. I’ve tried it out …

Tinkering With the Related Posts Plugin

For ages now I’ve had a section in the sidebar of single-post pages that lists some other (possibly) related posts. The problem is with the ‘possibly’ — the suggestions just haven’t been very good. I’ve been using Related Posts (2.02) by Alexander Malov & Mike Lu. It takes the words from the title of the current post and …

A Word of Caution When Changing Domains

In my recent move I transferred the contents of this blog by using the WordPress XML Import/Export plugin developed by Aaron Brazell (from code by Matt Mullenweg that is being developed for WP 2.1). It basically did the trick as you can see from this working blog however there is a snag. Although it produces a working …

Moving Your Blog: A WordPress Plugin to Permanently Redirect Your Posts

If you ever have cause to move a WordPress blog from one domain to another you will want visitors to any pages on the old site to be silently redirected to the corresponding page on the new site. This goes particularly for Googlebot and other search engine spiders: you want them to be able to …