I was planning on releasing this plugin tomorrow, but I decided against it - couldn’t make you wait, couldn’t wait myself. I’m talking about “StumbleUpon Favorites”, a plugin that basically allows you to list your most recently liked StumbleUpon pages on your WordPress blog as a widget.
Wait, you could do that with a normal RSS widget right? True, but this thing comes with a bunch of bells and whistles, plus the promise of more to come (either from me, or from some clever third party out there - probably me, but feel free to modify this!). You can see the widget in action to the right, although yours may look different depending on the settings you choose.
Current Features:
- Easy integration - just type in your StumbleUpon username!
- Option to display/hide the StumbleUpon logo
- Option to display/hide the number of votes for a bookmark
- Automatic conversion of long links into links shortened by ellipsis (…)
- The items display quotes and ampersands properly despite StumbleUpon’s double-encoded HTML entity system (The RSS widget will not do this)
- All links are nofollow by default
- All links open in a new tab/window, depending on whether the browser supports tabs
Installation:
- Download the plugin archive using the link below
- Extract archive contents to folder (stumble_faves recommended)
- Upload folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Place the newly available widget in your sidebar and configure it
That’s it, five simple steps and you’re done. Now, without further ado, I present the StumbleUpon Favorites plugin as a free download!
Download StumbleUpon Favorites (WP 2.3 to 2.5.1+)
To Do List:
- Integrate favorite website screenshots
- Improve plugin based on feedback
I will be happy to offer support and troubleshooting through the comments of this post, as long as you leave enough details about your troubles and maybe a link to the problem site.
July 3rd, 2008
paresh Said:
nice useful list.
{paresh’s last literary creation - First Indian to achieve Doctorate in Vastushastra…..}
July 3rd, 2008
Susan Said:
I love it! (I’ve stumbled this page)
{Susan’s last literary creation - Acosmin v3 - Orange}
July 3rd, 2008
RG Said:
Thanks both of you!
Now do remember to come back with those suggestions you’re likely to think of…
July 5th, 2008
Zhu Said:
Good job! I’ll test it out this week end, but don’t be mad at me if I don’t adopt it: I try to reduce the number of plugin I use…
Call me a recovery addict.
Did you submit your plugin to WP etc.? I bet a lot of people will be interested!
{Zhu’s last literary creation - Canada Day In Ottawa}
July 5th, 2008
RG Said:
I did, but they take some time to get back to developers. They don’t mention how long, it’s “some loosely defined period of time” (sic).
Maybe you’ll like the plugin so much you’ll just have to use it, hehe…
July 10th, 2008
Susan Said:
I’m excited to use this!
{Susan’s last literary creation - Faleonis}
July 11th, 2008
Caroline Middlebrook Said:
Nice looking widget! I’m going to test this out and promote it in my StumbleUpon course
{Caroline Middlebrook’s last literary creation - The Basic Lessons Are Now Complete!}
July 11th, 2008
RG Said:
@Susan-
Hmm…you don’t seem to be using it, but ‘kay
@Caroline-
Thanks!