Timer class

here is some simple code to time the execution of your scripts.

Currency Exchange Class – multiple currencies and historic dates

I have been trying, for some time, to find a published API from a reputable source to retrieve currency pairs for a given date. i have found some that are chargeable, but none that are freeware.
Here is some code that does the necessary.

Upgrade to Core WP 2.8

following yesterday’s post I have found severe issues with WP’s plugin handling.

Upgrade to WP Core version 2.8.0

I upgraded to version 2.8.0 beta a little while ago. Quite apprehensively, if truth be told. But all went smoothly.
I have now just used the automatic upgrade to the release version of 2.8.0. A few seconds and ’tis done. Damn impressive.

Plugin to fix 10px addition in WP image captions

WP Core Devs made a design choice a while ago to impose an arbitrary 10px ‘padding’ on the div that holds images and their captions.
This plugin fixes that
and the code for the plugin is here (as well as hosted on wp.org)

<?php
/**
* @package FixImageMargins
* @author Justin Adie
* @version 0.1.0
*/
/*
Plugin Name: FixImageMargins
Plugin URI: [...]

WordPress Write Panels

I have long wanted to be able to remove some of the meta-boxes in the WordPress post/page screens.  To declutter a bit.
Oddly enough there is no plugin available to do this. So I have written one and you can find it here: Remove Admin Meta Boxes.
Comments and bug reports in this thread please.  One day i’ll [...]

DB Manager for PDO-SQLite on WordPress

New plugin in the pipeline to enable direct DB manipulation in WP for SQLite databases.

Removing meta-boxes from the post/page admin screens

I use WP as a framework for CMS applications.
i have long wanted to be able to remove some of the more obscure meta boxes from the post/page admin screens, for certain installations. Prompted by an immediate need, I came up with the following. Currently there is no admin screen, the user will [...]

PDO For WordPress – update

after nearly a year of absence i have updated PDO for Wordpress to function with WP 2.7.1. In the same breath i have also changed many of the regex calls in the sqlite driver to use sqlite UDF’s (user defined functions) instead. there should be a measurable performance gain over previous versions.
the latest [...]

1&1 Exchange Hosting

the service came back this morning. At around 10h00.

Then, almost to the second (and perhaps actually to the second) the service has gone back down once more.

i have only my feet and my wallet to vote with …