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Ultimate Category Excluder 1.00

Michael Clark — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:16:57 +0000

I have transferred ownership and maintenance of the Ultimate Category Excluder plugin to Marios Alexandrou. I am no longer actively developing WordPress themes or plugins. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

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Ultimate Category Excluder 0.96

Michael Clark — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:16:27 +0000

I went back to version 0.84 and basically recreated that version as version 0.96. I do hope this fixes the bugs that are breaking people’s web sites. I have also applied to WordPress for a beta version of the plugin to be listed in the Plugin Directory. That way I can test new versions on many different sites more easily, without breaking everyone’s sites when I introduce a bug. Thank you for your patience. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Version 0.96 should appear in your admin panel soon, or you can download it form the WP Plugin Directory: Ultimate Category Excluder.

Ultimate Category Excluder 0.94

Michael Clark — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:49:59 +0000

I have released an updated version of my WordPress plugin, Ultimate Category Excluder. This is version 0.94, which addresses the home page bug in the previous version. I do have a bug report about another page, but since this version should fix the problem for most people, I’m releasing it now. Thanks for your patience, and your help in figuring out what the problem is. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Ultimate Category Excluder 0.91

Michael Clark — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:31:35 +0000

I have released an updated version of my WordPress plugin, Ultimate Category Excluder. A few people are finding the plugin isn’t excluding categories at all anymore. For now, you can download the old version. Replace the file
ultimate-category-excluder.php in the /wp-content/plugins/ultimate-category-excluder folder with the one that is in this zip. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

If this bug is hitting you, please send me the system info that is found at the bottom of the UCE settings page. I can’t reproduce the bug on my server or test server.

Note for Upgrading to 0.91

If you are upgrading to version 0.91, you need to choose any category to exclude from the Search column on the settings page. Then save the settings. And then go back and uncheck that category, and save the settings again.

I do understand your frustration. And I’m sorry this free software isn’t working 100%.

Ultimate Category Excluder Upgraded

Michael Clark — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 01:03:33 +0000

I have released an upgraded version of Ultimate Category Excluder. Version 0.84 works with WordPress 3.6. I’ve also added a listing of your system’s software versions. So if you have trouble, you can send me the details of your system. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Download Ultimate Category Excluder from the WordPress Plugin Directory.

Ultimate Category Excluder 0.8

Michael Clark — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:30:54 +0000

Ultimate Category Excluder has been upgraded to version 0.8. You may download Ultimate Category Excluder from WordPress.org. The only change made was a new feature, which has been frequently asked for, to allow all categories to appear on the list of categories able to be excluded, even those categories which don’t have any posts yet. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Let me know of any problems you discover.

Ultimate Category Excluder Upgraded to Version 0.7

Michael Clark — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:18:48 +0000

Ultimate Category Excluder has now been released with support for internationalization (i18n). Thanks to Patrick Skiebe for the suggestion and code. UCE is now shipping with support for English and German. Please send me other languages if you can generate the translation. Download UCE from the WordPress Plugin Directory. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Ultimate Category Excluder (UCE – unfortunately the same abbreviation as unsolicited commercial email) is a WordPress plugin that allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, and feeds. Just select which categories you want to be excluded, and UCE does all the work for you!

Ultimate Category Excluder Now in the WP Plugin Directory

Michael Clark — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:21:26 +0000

My WordPress plugin, Ultimate Category Excluder is now in the WordPress Plugin Directory. Version 0.6 is compatible with WordPress 3.1. It allows you to exclude posts from specific categories appearing on the home page, archive pages, or in your feed. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

Announcing Home Page Text Reverser

Michael Clark — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:15:34 +0000

I’ve written a WordPress plugin for April Fool’s Day. It reverses all of the text in your posts on your home page. It does not change any HTML tags, so links and formatting will still be accurate. It also avoids post titles, category names, etc… And it only does this on April 1st. More information and the download are at Home Page Text Reverser. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

How to Make the WordPress Login Cookie Last Longer Than Two Weeks

Michael Clark — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:10:25 +0000

One thing I loathe about WordPress 2.5 is login cookies only last two weeks. So every two weeks I get prompted to login again. It is extremely disruptive to have to log in again, when just a few hours earlier I was logged in. The cookie logic should be tweaked that if you haven’t logged in over the past two weeks, then (maybe) the cookie should expire. but if I was allowed to work on the blog yesterday, why should I need to log in again today. The two week window should not be based on when I first logged in, but on when I last did administrative functions while logged in. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

There aren’t any plugin hooks to the cookie setting functions of WordPress 2.5. But you can edit line number 547 of pluggable.php (which is under wp-includes of your WordPress installation) to lengthen the amount of time a cookie is stored for. Simply change the number at the end of the line
$expiration = $expire = time() + 1209600;
to ever how many seconds you want the cookie to be good for.

Two Weeks: 1209600
One Month (30 days): 2592000
One Year (365 days): 31536000
Ten Years (3650 days): 315360000

Once you’ve made that change, log out (in the top right of the administrative area) and then log in again to create the new cookie with the longer login time. Or simply wait two weeks for your cookie to expire, and then the next time you login, you’ll be all set.

Yes, I can see how this might be a security issue, since an attacker may stay logged in for a long time, and get past any system upgrades. (A system upgrade though should wipe any stored logins. Which doesn’t appear to be possible currently, since the cookie doesn’t store which version of WordPress the cookie is good for.) Or if your machine is compromised, your blog can be compromised. But generally, if that happens, you’re screwed anyways. So in this instance, ease of use is trumping security for me.