Last week I released WordPoints version 1.7.0, which is the largest feature release since the plugin was first created. The major new feature included in it was the Ranks component. The update was originally scheduled to be released by October 1st, but I pushed the date back to November 1st so that the result wouldn’t
Read moreWordPoints is fully localizable in any language. So far, there are three translations included with the plugin: Brazilian Portuguese — Thanks goes to Gabriel Galvão. Simplified Chinese — Thanks to Jack Lee. Spanish — Thanks to Andrew Kurtis of WebHostingHub. I’d also like to thank Raymond Calla, who is working on translating the plugin into
Read moreI’ve just released version 1.3.0. This is update includes several new features. User avatars are now displayed in the points logs table. The shortcode was added to display a user’s points. Read more about its usage here. Users’ points total may be stored in a custom meta key, allowing integration with other plugins. This is
Read moreIf you have been using the WordPoints plugin and are looking for a way to give back, one way you can do that is by beta testing the next version of the plugin. I hinted before that I was working on a module for beta testing. You can download that here. Before I go any
Read moreWordPoints 1.2.0 has just been released! WordPoints now fully supports WordPress multisite. You can read more on that here. It also includes a few bug fixes. The points logs for a user are now deleted when that user is deleted. The logs for posts and comments are also regenerated when the post or comment is
Read moreWordPoints 1.2.0 was scheduled for release today. The code is about 99% ready, but I think it would be better to push this back one week so that I can put some more time into testing it thoroughly. I have the skeleton of a beta-testing module ready, but I haven’t fully tested it yet :-).
Read moreDuring the past week I have set up a repository for the plugin’s development on Github. This move should make the development of the plugin more open, and easier to follow. It also makes it easier to participate. If you are a developer who would like to help make WordPoints better, feel free to fork
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