Kelson Vibber

Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy and comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him.

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Unwrap Shortlinks
Kelson Vibber

Unwrap Shortlinks Stable tag: 0.3.4 Tags: urls, links, classicpress Tested up to: 6.6 Contributors: Kelson License: GPLv2 or later Follows shortened l ...

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Stable tag: 0.3.4
Tags: urls, links, classicpress
Tested up to: 6.6
Contributors: Kelson
License: GPLv2 or later

Follows shortened links (t.co, bit.ly, etc) and WordPress’ ?p=123-style links, and expands them so that your blog post will point directly to the destination.

Description

Automatically expands URLs at the following known link shorteners when you save a post:
- t.co
- bit.ly
- ow.ly
- j.mp
- is.gd
- trib.al
- buff.ly
- wp.me
- tmblr.co
- goo.gl
- dlvr.it
- fb.me
- qr.ae
- aka.ms
- tinyurl.com
Installation

Install the plugin and activate it. The next time you paste a supported short URL into a post, it will be updated when the post is saved.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if the destination redirects to another link?

If the destination is another known URL shortener (ex. t.co pointing to bit.ly pointing to wp.me pointing to a blog post), it’ll keep going up to 8 levels (to avoid infinite loops!) or until it gets a URL that isn’t on the list.

How do I add a shortener to the list?

It’s not supported yet, but I plan on adding an options page for it.

I’m running on a local server and this doesn’t do anything!

Most likely your system is configured to block your local webserver
from making outgoing connections. This is a sensible default for security!
Depending on your system, it may be blocked by a local or network firewall.
If you’re running Fedora Workstation with SELinux (like I am), this will enable it:
```
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true
```
Thanks to igienger’s post on the WordPress support forums!

What about compatibility?

It should work going back to the classic editor and forward to the block editor. It even works on ClassicPress.

Changelog

[0.3.4] – 2024-07-07
- Also follow WordPress’ ?p=123 links if they redirect to a permalink.
- tinyurl.com is accepting curl requests again, so I’ve added it back to the list.
[0.3.3] – 2023-07-22
- tinyurl.com is screening requests using Cloudflare, and a simple curl request is no longer allowed through. Removing it from the list.
[0.3.2] – 2022-10-29
- Tested up through 6.1, clean up headers, no functional changes.
[0.3.1] – 2022-09-01
- Update headers for new ClassicPress plugin directory. No changes affecting WordPress
[0.3.0] – 2022-06-23
- Follow link trails, add aka.ms.
[0.2.4] – 2022-06-13
- Fix bugs with plaintext URLs at the end of a block.
[0.2.3] – 2022-06-10
- Fix bugs with tinyurl.com and URLs inside HTML links. (Plaintext URLs were working fine.)
[0.2.2] – 2022-01-29
- Initial release based on the code I’ve been running locally for years, plus changes requested by the WordPress plugin review team.
Source on Codeberg.
Mirror on GitHub.
Plugin page at WordPress.
Plugin page at ClassicPress.

(c) 2016-2024 Kelson Vibber
LJ-Moods
Kelson Vibber

LJ-Moods Stable tag: 0.6.3 Tags: livejournal, customfields, mood Tested up to: 6.5 Contributors: Kelson License: GPLv2 or later Displays the mood, mus ...

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Stable tag: 0.6.3
Tags: livejournal, customfields, mood
Tested up to: 6.5
Contributors: Kelson
License: GPLv2 or later

Displays the mood, music, and location fields as imported by the LiveJournal importer at the end of each post.

Description

The LiveJournal importer (Tools/Import/LiveJournal) saves LJ-specific post info to a set of custom fields. This plugin reads those fields and adds any that are present to a block at the end of the post.

Installation

Install the plugin and activate it. If you want location tags to link to Google Maps, you can find a checkbox in the Reading section of your WordPress Settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What icons will the moods use?

In current versions of WordPress, it will use the viewer’s emoji set. On an iPhone it will use Apple’s emoji, on a Galaxy phone it will use Samsung’s emoji, etc. On desktop systems, they may use system emoji or may be converted to images using WordPress’ built-in conversion map.

On older versions of WordPress (before 4.2), most of the mood icons appear as WordPress smilies. There are a few LJ moods that don’t quite line up with the old smiley set, so I’ve mapped them directly to emoji. The icons for those moods (sleepy, thoughtful, sick, drunk, excited and their synonyms) should display on phones and modern desktop systems, but may not appear on older desktops.

How can I customize the appearance?

The text will pick up your post formatting, but if you want to change it, you can use custom CSS matching on .lj-moods-metabox

What about userpics?

That’s a little more complicated, because you need to export your userpics as well, upload them, and match the keywords. I might get to it eventually, but it’s not in my current plans.

What if I want to change the status?

You can edit the custom fields lj_current_mood, lj_current_music, and lj_current_location in the post editor.

What about compatibility?

It should work with any theme.

It’s also compatible with ClassicPress.

Changelog

[0.6.3] – 2024-03-25
- Don’t add an empty div when there’s nothing to put in it.
[0.6.2] – 2022-10-28
- Clean up headers, test with WordPress 6.1. No functional changes.
[0.6.1] – 2022-09-02
- Update headers for new ClassicPress plugin directory.
[0.6.0] – 2022-06-02
- Option to link location to OpenStreetMap, Bing or DuckDuckGo Maps instead of Google Maps.
Source on Codeberg.
Mirror on GitHub.
Plugin page at WordPress.
Plugin page at ClassicPress.

(c) 2016-2024 Kelson Vibber