WP_RssSticky
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WP_RssSticky
WP_RssSticky is a free WordPress plug-in that allows you to add copyright or download links to your RSS feed. Original idea and coding by ChrisG.com , expanded here to make it easier to change the message.
Installation
- Download the required plug-in.
- Unzip file if required.
- Copy to your ‘wp-content/plugins‘ directory.
- Log in with an administration account.
- Select the ‘Plugins‘ tab.
- Scroll down to ‘WP_RssSticky’ and click ‘activate‘.
Options
Log into WordPress with an Administrator login and select “Settings->RSSsticky” on the dashboard menu.
- Top Message Page Title
- Purpose: The page containing the text you with to insert at the top of the post.
- Show on All Posts
- Purpose: Whether you wish to display on all posts not just the RSS Feed.
- Default: No.
- Bottom Message Page Title
- Purpose: The page containing the text you with to insert at the bottom of the post.
- Show on All Posts
- Purpose: Whether you wish to display on all posts not just the RSS Feed.
- Default: No.
Usage
It is also possible for a post to have is own unique RssSticky Message. To do this type :
[rsssticky page="{postname}" position="top" all="yes"]
Attributes
- post
- Purpose: The post you wish to use for the sticky message.
- position
- Purpose: The position where the adhoc message is to be displayed
- Options: top,bottom
- Default: bottom.
- all
- Purpose: Presence of this attribute will show the message on all post nut just the feed
- Options: yes
Filters
The following filters will be automatically replaced in the text.
- @@post_rsstitle@@
- @@post_author@@
- @@post_author_description@@
- @@post_author_email@@
- @@post_author_firstname@@
- @@post_author_lastname@@
- @@post_author_nickname@@
- @@post_author_url@@
- @@post_url@@
- @@post_date@@
- @@post_time@@
- @@post_title@@
- @@blog_url@@
- @@blog_name@@
- @@blog_desc@@
- @@blog_home@@.
Version History
- 0.5.0
- Initial internal release ( ChrisG.com )
- 1.0.0
- Initial Public Release
- Options screen added.
- 1.1.0
- Bug fixed to strip character that are entered when saving the option.
- 1.5.0
- Message moved to post/page.
- Individual rssSticky message function added.
- 1.6.0
- Correct a compatibility problem with WordPress 2.3
- 2.0.0
- Total recode.
- Added message position.
- Added ability to show on all posts.
- 2.1.0
- Added the ability to add post title and post url into the sticky message.
- 3.0.0
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Bugs & Suggestions
If you have questions, have found any bugs, or you would like to see features added to WP_RssSticky please feel free to use the form at the bottom of the page to contact us. If WP_RssSticky doesn’t fill your needs , feel free to contact us to discuss a specially commissioned plug-in.
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August 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Thanks for that! I’ll try it right away.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
This is a great plugin. Thanks! I was getting a little too technical with the step where you instruct to “enter the title of the page/post.” I was entering the URL instead of just the plain, no frills, no code name. See? You make it too easy and someone has to think too hard!
November 9th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Yes, so I feel like a dork but I can’t get this plug in to work! I’ve completed all the steps accordingly, but it still won’t work. What am I missing?!
Thanks,
November 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
If you’ve completed all the steps it should be working. Please walk me through what you are doing and i’ll see if i can spot whats going wrong.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Well, the plug in has been downloaded and activated.
Then I created a post called test(but didn’t publish it). Then I went to the options link, clicked on the rss sticky link, and put the title ‘test’ into the text box, clicked save. The original message in the test post was something like, ‘thanks for reading xxx’. We also tried to put the snippet of code on a blog and still couldn’t get the feed to update with the message. Any help would be great! How long does it take to update into the feed?
November 14th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
It would appear that WordPress caches the RSS feed so the feed will not update when RSS sticky is added or modified, until a new post has been added. This will clear the cache and regenerate the RSS feed.
However if you are using FeedBurner all entries are cached and will not be updated, new posts on the feed will however reflect RSS sticky.
Hopefully this explains your problem.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
thanks, I’ll look into that. Can you tell me though if the snippet of code needs to be placed on every post, or does the sticky plugin automatically do that?
Thanks!
November 15th, 2007 at 12:10 am
You do no need to add the snippet of code if you want apply the same message to every message. You can use the code snippet to have a unique message for just that one post.
November 30th, 2007 at 5:16 am
It’d be great if the sticky appears above the post.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:21 am
It is planned for future version that the position will be configurable.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I replaced…
$content .= $sticky;
…with…
$content = $sticky.$content;
Easy fix!
November 30th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
No problem. It will probably be in the next version.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Does this work in WP 2.5? I can’t seem to get it to work …
April 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Its been test on a local clean installation of WP 2.5 and also I have it running on a old many times upgraded installation of WP 2.5 too.
When you say you can’t get it to work, what do you mean?
Does it error when you activate it?
Does the options screen not appear for you?
Does it not put the message in the feed or post?
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