I found that pesky bug preventing Tango Smileys Extended from working with MCEComments.

Then, I stomped that bug.

That bug is dead.

Get Tango Smileys Extended here, and get more information about it here.

I finally finished separating the smileys into groups which can be enabled and disabled for comments. Some people would rather limit the number of smileys available to their commentators, and now they have the ability to do so, even while still having the full set available when authoring posts and pages.

I think my next goal will be to have additional smiley packages available, still using the Tango style. Maybe plugins for Tango Smileys Extended, so they would be a separate download but simple to install and activate.

As usual, you can get Tango Smileys Extended here, and you can get more information on the Tango Smileys Extended page here.

I’ve been sitting on this update for a while because I wanted to really make it worth downloading, but now it’s ready!

The 24px smileys, which were previously available by download-and-replace only, are now included standard. To use the new 24px smileys, just select the option on the TSE Options page. I also updated the tinyMCE popup so it would automatically keep up-to-date with new smiley additions. A couple of bugs were also fixed in this update.

For full details on Tango Smileys Extended you can go here, and if you want to download your own copy you can get that here.

Tango Smileys Extended 2.6.0.1 brings the minimum version requirement of WordPress up to 2.8 and offers many optimizations over the previous version of TSE.

1. The newly revamped options page is now significantly faster and more secure.
2. TSE can now be cleanly uninstalled (all options are removed from the database).
3. Smileys now have tooltips!

As always, you can get more information on Tango Smileys Extended 2.6.0.1 here, and you can download your own copy here.

I write a lot of the plugins I use on this site, but I don’t really make them public. I decided that even if I didn’t add them to the WordPress.org plugin repository, it would be selfish of me to not share them here, so I decided to start releasing these custom plugins for public consumption.

Below, you’ll find a couple of the new plugins that I’ve uploaded to this site, along with links to documentation and downloads. If you have any issues using any of the plugins, please leave a comment on the appropriate pages.

1. Faviconize: Add favicons to the WordPress frontend (user view) and backend (admin).
2. Simple Bot Registration Protection: Protect your WordPress installation from most invalid user registrations – usually created by bots.

And, of course, you can also find my widely available plugin Tango Smileys Extended, and my previously made available plugin Gravatar Enhanced Recent Comments.

I still have a few plugins to release, so check back soon for more goodies!

I need to find a better tool for writing plugins – or any PHP for that matter, because a small typo in a key name broke the comment CTI for the previous version.

I don’t know how I missed it when I was testing!

Anyway, version 2.5.6.1 fixes the issue that was created in 2.5.6.0, so users should update to the newest version as soon as possible. I’m sorry to anyone who had an issue with the previous version.

You can get Tango Smileys Extended 2.5.6.1 here, and get more information here.