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How to Write Plugins for WordPress MU

itdamager wrote a short post on the basics of WPMU plugin development. plugins for WordPress and WordPress MU are very similar but there are a few specific MU commands and plugin placement differences you should consider when creating a plugin for WPMU. This post should get you going if you want to get your hands […]

AdSense revenue sharing widget for WordPress-MU

There is an updated version of this plugin here. The AdSense revenue sharing widget for WordPress-MU will allow you, the owner of a WPMU site, to share Adsense revenue with your users. You can set the percentage of your share (default is 20%) and enter your AdSense publisher code via the ‘Site Admin‘ backend panel […]

WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin – review

I will start with the fact that the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin (WPAU) is great tool and a “must have” for people who are running a few WordPress installation. Since the good folks over at WordPress are shipping a new version every few months you must be tired from all the upgrades you have done. […]

How to use the TLA-MU widget?

Text-Link-Ads widget for WordPress-MU (TLA-MU) is a plugin that will allow WPMU users to use the Text-Link-Ads (TLA) basic service and earn money by having text links ads on their blogs. Each user that will want to use the TLA-MU plugin will have to open an account with Text-Link-Ads. After you register you will need […]

Text-Link-Ads widget for WordPress-MU

Text-Link-Ads (TLA) is a a service that allows blog owners to sell text link ads one their blogs. Text Link Ads are unique because they are static html links that can drive targeted traffic and help link popularity which is a top factor in organic search engine rankings. Every blog owner can join TLA and […]

Can Akismet work with WPMU?

Akismet is a WordPress plugin that will take care (eliminate) most of your comment spam. Akismet requires an API key that can be obtained in two ways. a) for personal use create an account with wordpress.com and get the API key from there. b) for commercial use you should buy an API key from Automattic. […]

daria.be is closing

drmike has been running daria.be for a long time now. daria.be is one of the wpmu sites with a few hundred blogs. For some unknown reason (to me) he is closing the site. This is a message that is shown on the site’s backend: daria.be will be shutting down on July 31st, 2007. I am […]

Keep your plugins updated with WP Plugins Tracker

The folks over at WP Plugin DB released a new plugin called WP Plugins Tracker. The plugin keep track of new versions of the plugins you have installed on your WordPress installation. This Plugin compares the version of the plugins in your blog with corresponding plugins version at wp-plugins-db.org Database. This is done by a […]