Here we are!

Almost 3 weeks from the first release, and I am just about spent! SmugWP has reached version THREE!!

To read up on all that is SmugWP, head on over to it’s special little page.

New in this version:

• Support for WordPress 2.5’s Media Upload Browser. To browse, select, and insert images from the user’s SmugMug account, into the current Post or Page.
• Support for Lightbox 2 valid link insertion (and the WP Lightbox 2 plugin).
• Support for WordPress 2.5’s Shortcode functionality.
• Slightly better handling of user options and variables within the program it’s self
• Is now a bit nicer about reading and making writes to the WordPress Options table (less load on the WordPress back-end).
• Just a touch nicer to SmugMug on the number of queries it sends.
• About two to three hundred more lines of code.
• Two teaspoons of sugar
• And a half-cup Smug.

Download SmugWP Version 3.

Please direct all further comments to the SmugWP main page.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!”

You say.

“How can a plugin go from Version 1 to Version 2 in only TWO days?!”

Well I’ll tell you. Diligence, my friend. And low standards.

I had one desire for Version 1; to validate a SmugMug Gallery ID, and redirect the user to that gallery if it exists and is owned by the correct person. Once I figured that out, I figured I had everything I wanted, and called it “good” (otherwise known as “Version 1″).

However, as I looked further in to the WordPress API, I slowly realized that if I were to offer this as a “WordPress Plugin” it was going to need an Options page, and it was going to need a more secure and versatile way to store data. With that, the grounds for Version 2 were set (not even 12 hours after reaching my first milestone).

So here you have it. Version 2, with a full-fledged WordPress interface.

Is this the end? Probably not. As I go I realize just how easy it is to code under WordPress, and I have some ideas to make this plugin live up to it’s name, and really bring SmugMug and WordPress together in a big way. We shall see…

Pick up this version SmugWP v2.0 or check out it’s main page HERE.

I am proud to announce the release of SmugWP v1.0!

I am also proud to announce the first update for SmugWP v1.0 a day later, SmugWP v1.1!

SmugWP is a WordPress plug-in that provides DigiProofs-like functionality, with extreme ease of use. This release is rock-solid (well, it is now), and ready to go with very little modification.

Pick up this version SmugWP v1.1 or check out it’s main page HERE.