What is going on with WordPress Plugin Competition 2009?

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1. redwall_hp says:

   6/23/2009 at 12:06 am

   Tweetable is sort of an attempt at Twitter plugin consolidation. It uses OAuth instead of storing a username and password on your server, and is to my knowledge the only plugin to do so. I would like to slowly add new features until it becomes an all-in-one plugin that offers most of the Twitter-related features that most bloggers want. It already has the basics covered.

   • Joel Vaillancourt says:

     6/27/2009 at 4:51 pm

     There are a few plugins that use OAuth to integrate with Twitter.

     Twittley is one of them, there are others as well.

2. Jeremy says:

   6/23/2009 at 8:23 am

   I welcome the innovations that result from the competition, and I look forward to the ones from this year. But I do wonder how seriously some of the authors, who put so much into their entries, take the business of maintenance. One of the winners last year has not been updated in ages, and doesn’t work with 2.8.

   Of course there’s no way to enforce maintenance of a gift, but it is distressing.

3. David Yang says:

   6/23/2009 at 12:18 pm

   That is pretty frustrating sometimes. WordPress is constantly evolving so I can see how it can be hard to keep up with plugin development when it’s probably just a side project.

   Please remember to always give encouraging support for your plugin authors, whether it be in “coffee” or just a simple “thank you”. Think of yourselves as contributing to the development when you do this … while most of the work relies on the plugin author, a community of support can do wonders.

   • redwall_hp says:

     6/23/2009 at 7:11 pm

     I second that. 🙂

     Seriously, donations are a big incentive for me. I generally have far too many projects going at once, and a donation alert or two arriving in my inbox sometimes gets me to go and do a little bit of work on one of my plugins.

     • Jeremy says:

       6/26/2009 at 12:29 pm

       Just out of interest, when do you think someone should be prepared to donate? I do it when the plugin survives a major upgrade unscathed, like 2.7 to 2.8.1

       I suppose one could tip a small amount when you find that the plugin has been useful, and then more later. Have any plug-in authors considered a subscriptions scheme? I’d be happy to be reminded to tip again after WP has been through another cycle.

       • redwall_hp says:

         6/26/2009 at 8:57 pm

         I’ve found that people tend to donate after having a good experience with email support for the plugin.

         Generally I myself would donate if I find a plugin really useful. (*Really* useful, since I can’t do as much donating as I’d like to…) I’m not that picky about the upgrades, though it tends to be a deal-breaker when a plugin causes issues after an upgrade of WordPress. (*cough* IntenseDebate *cough*)

4. Kevin Paquet of Pinoy Teens says:

   6/23/2009 at 11:35 pm

   Surprisingly very interesting plugin development going on, especially the Live Blog plugin 🙂 I also wondered what has happened with the bit silent plugin competition.

   Greetings,
   Kevin Paquet of Pinoy Teens
   pinoyteens.net

5. Kristoffer Forsgren says:

   6/24/2009 at 5:18 am

   Oh, pretty sweet Twitter integration.

   As a hardcore Twitter junkie I really like the concept! =)

6. E-TARD says:

   6/24/2009 at 3:02 pm

   I tryed Tweetable
   but i did not like it
   I went with the thread-twitter plugin

7. Andrea_R says:

   6/26/2009 at 8:22 am

   Just a useability tip: there’s no link to the plugin competition on the main page of this blog, anywhere above the fold.

   • Mark says:

     6/26/2009 at 9:32 am

     Good point, will add one.

     • Andrea_R says:

       6/26/2009 at 6:22 pm

       Thanks. 🙂