WordPress Plugin: MyTechnorati
Even though I currently had only 2 people express that they would be interested in a WordPress Plugin for my Technorati badge I decided to do it anyway. It is my very first WordPress plugin and I am impressed how easily I have grasped the concept of creating plugins and how they function within a WordPress blog. Perhaps this can be the first of many!
MyTechnorati is a plugin for WordPress that will display your Technorati rank in a nice neat badge anywhere you decide to place it. Most people will probably put it in the side navigation. Such as the location in the screen shot below.
Requirements:
You must have a Technorati API key.
WordPress 2.0+
Obtaining your Technorati API key is fairly easy to do; all you need to do is go to their Development Section on their website and it will be generated for you. Free of Charge!
Instructions for Installation:
- Unzip ‘MyTechnorati’ folder into /wp-content/plugins/
- Activate the MyTechnorati plugin via the Admin panel in your WordPress Blog
- From Plugins -> MyTechnorati enter your Technorati API Key and the Full URL for your blog
- Click ‘Update Options’
- Locate where you want to the badge to show up. The above screenshot has it inserted in /wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php with the following code:
[code]
<li>
<?php
if(function_exists('MyTechnorati')) {
MyTechnorati();
}
?>
</li>
[/code]
Notes:
MyTechnorati is based on Doug Karr’s version but uses the WordPress database to cache your Technorati Rank for easier implementation and retrieval. No need to write to an external file where file permissions can be an issue.
Please do not edit the files within the MyTechnorati folder; I will look at making it viable for either changing the Font (ttf) file or the graphic file itself.
If you cannot get the plugin to work please contact me via my Contact page and I will try and help as quickly as possible.
Download:
Version: 0.1 – MyTechnorati
Pretty cool plugin. I’m gonna consider using this on Derrich.com. Thanks, Tyler.
Derrich thanks for considering using it. If you do tell me how it goes? I’ve had a couple people use it and they have no issues with it so far.
I’ll be doing up a post for everyone who uses it and their feedback on it.
Thanks!
Great plugin. We all ope it’ll be the first of a long list…
I missed the “h”…
hey Tyler -
I’m using WordPress 2.1.3, and after uploading the folder, activating the plugin, and then entering my Technorati API key and site address, when I click the Update Options button nothing seems to happen. Well that’s not true, it says “Options saved” as if successful, but the Last Fetched: date remains Dec 31 1969, 18:00:00. I’ve also checked my Technorati API info page and it says “You have used 0 queries today”. I checked my webserver log file and nothing appears to have gone wrong, it just doesn’t seem to um.. work (?).
Any thoughts? Or, what info can I provide that might help? Cheers!
Hi Ross, I’ll check into it. I forget what version of Wordpress I was using I know it was 2.something.