My friend Stephen and I have just written a WordPress plugin to show the times on your blog in the user’s timezones. Check it out!

So, I’ve just created a new plugin, Per-Post CSS, which allows you to specify some CSS which will only show up when it’s particular post is being displayed. You can find out more, and download it here: Per-Post CSS.

Fellow Wordpress enthusiasts,
I have written several Wordpress plugins for a client over the last few weeks. Through these, I have gained some techniques for creating widgets which work as non-widgets, and also have their own options pages. With this newfound knowledge, I have created a generic plugin template. It includes all the framework necessary for a displayable plugin (Something which will show up in a sidebar, template, or anywhere in a post using a token such as <!-- someplugin -->). The template is full of comments, so you shouldn’t have trouble figuring it out. You can download it here: Wordpress Plugin Template

Update! Version 2.0 is here: Translate Widget 2.0

So, I’ve completed my first bona-fide Wordpress Plugin
It’s one of those newfandangled widgets, and it adds little flags to your sidebar, which will take you to a translation of the current blog page. It uses google translate, but removes the frame, so it looks quite nice! Once you’re in one language, you can browse around the blog, and everything stays translated. You can just click on the English flag to get back to the original language. You should see it on my sidebar now, and you can give it a trial run. Then, if satisfied, download it here:
Translate Widget
The zip includes a /flags/ folder, and a translate.php file. Both need to be placed in the /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/widgets/ folder. If you want to change the English language flag from the default American to either the British or Canadian (as I have!) flags, they are included, just rename flag_ca.gif, or flag_uk.gif to flag_en.gif. Now you can just go to the widget’s options.

Donations

If you appreciate my plugins, and feel compelled to spread some love, I would certainly appreciate it. No obligation though, of course.

Comments, tips, or problems are welcome, just leave a comment here, or send me an email (Address is in the sidebar.)

Do enjoy!

Update on June 14, 2006: The plugin now supports Arabic, since Google has added that to their list of supported translations. This brings the total to 9 languages.
To those not familiar with Wordpress Widgets, you need to have the Widgets plugin installed before you can use my widget.