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RSSWordPress Link Plugins
I hacked together a few WordPress plugins today to add support for the MediaWiki linking syntax. The first plugin, wikifier.php, adds support for double-square-bracket wiki links (to a default wiki, or the specified wiki. The second plugin, magiclink.php adds single-square-bracked external-wiki links and Google I’m-feeling-lucky, similar to my MagicMarkup plugins for Blosxom, which I plan to port in the next few weeks. For now, the plugins can be downloaded here … sometime in the future, I’ll setup a wiki page for my WordPress plugins and hacks.
WordPress has a decent plugin system. It’s a basic callback registration system with priorities, and has many exposed function points. It’s a better approach than Blosxom, mostly because the plugins can be ordered by priority (handy for text filters). It’s in PHP though, which reminds me of my days working in GWBasic and DBase. PHP seems so akward compared to Perl, Java, and C++ (but it’s workable).
April 26th, 2005 at 8:25 am
I see that this post is somewhat old (January). I’m interested in finding a mark up plugin for WordPress that implements the MediaWiki markup. I have been using the Markdown plugin but there are differences. I work with both WordPress and MediaWiki. I find it confusing to keep the two syntaxes aligned in my brain.
April 26th, 2005 at 8:57 am
I’ve waffled on this one a few times, my problem is finding a set of tools that fit well together. I like wikis (especially MediaWiki), but they have an odd dancing-bear sort of interface, and they are magnets for spam. I had hoped to integrate MediaWiki with my site, but it’s not quite what I’m looking for.
What I’ve decided to do for this site is to add more wiki-like features to WordPress, extending their page syntax (with better UI), and simplifying linking. This will allow me to limit spam, and better control how the pages look, as I’m trying to get something close to print quality on the web … for things like HOWTOs, recipes, movie reviews, and so on. MediaWiki just doesn’t cut it for that stuff, for me.
So far I’ve modified my MagicLink plugin, renaming it to SimpleLink. It supports most of the linking semantics that MediaWiki does (with single-square brackets instead), as well as several extensions. The goal will be to use this plugin to make WordPress pages act like wiki pages. And, it integrates nicely with Markdown, which I now prefer to MediaWiki’s syntax.
March 20th, 2006 at 7:16 am
… Finalmente ho trovato un modo di connettere facilmente queste due favolose trovate del mondo digitale. Era un po che la cercavo queste soluzione e alla fine sono arrivato su questo sito warpedvisions.org e nell’articolo WordPress Link Plugins. …
September 13th, 2007 at 5:16 am
… Linking from blog to the wiki: WP Autolink Plugin seems to good to be mashed up with WP Mediawiki Link Plugin. …