WordPress 4.4 and older themes – how to break backward compatibility
Since quite some time I was wondering why my blog suddenly does not display a title in the browser bar. Hmm, Of course I thought I broke something, but it turned out that this...
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Slick Google Map 0.3 released
I just have pushed a new version of the Slick Google Map plugin for WordPress to the servers. There are not many changes, but a crucial fix for parsing coordinates in DMS (degree-minute-second) format....
PiwigoPress release 2.31
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release incorporates new features for the sidebar widget, and better interoperability with some Piwigo galleries. The new...
PiwigoPress release 2.30
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release incorporates some new features, mostly contributed by Anton Lavrov (big thanks!) The new features are: Shortcode:...
Localizing a WordPress Blog
There are many translation plugins available for WordPress, and most of them deal with translations of articles. This might be of interest for others, but not for me. If you have a blog with...
PiwigoPress release 2.29
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release incorporates lots of security related fixes by Rüdiger Schulz, bit thanks to him. PiwigoPress supported from...
PiwigoPress release 2.28
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release fixes a long open bug. Some time ago I added the feature to download images from...
Slick Google Map 0.2 released
I just have pushed a new version of the Slick Google Map plugin for WordPress to the servers. There are not many changes, but one that has been requested already in the ancestor, the...
PiwigoPress release 2.27
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release adds one feature requested on the support forums. The new feature allow to put html code...
PiwigoPress release 2.26
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release adds two features requested on the support forums, and tweaks some details. The new features and...
Slick Google Map Plugin for WordPress
I have renamed my Google Map plugin from ‘Simple Google Map Plugin’ to ‘Slick Google Map’ and uploaded it to the WordPress.org plugin site. It is now under review, but hopefully will soon be...
Slick Google Map Plugin for WordPress
(Update: renamed to Slick Google Map Plugin!) For long time I have used the Comprehensive Google Map Plugin by Alexander Zagniotov. Unfortunately, it has been abandoned by the author, and as last step migration...
PiwigoPress release 2.25
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress to the WordPress servers. This is only a minor release with very few fixes In particular, I fixed some misbehavior of the “load categories” button, and...
PiwigoPress release 2.24
PiwigoPress is a WordPress plugin that allows inclusion of photos from any (open) Piwigo photo gallery. I am happy to announce that the former maintainer vpiwigo agreed handing over maintenance to me, and allowed...
Home Made WordPress OpenGraph hacking
Nowadays, with the HalfLife of Facebook and Google+ taking over our reality, the need for Open Graph tags in our blog posts are getting a necessity. Several WordPress plugins try to help the user...
PiwigoPress for WordPress 2.9 and above
I have finally found the time to fix some annoying bugs when using PiwigoPress on WordPress 3.9 (and above). In addition, I have added some features I wanted to have. Fixes fix for Piwigo...
