WordPress Link Plugins

January 2nd, 2005 in WP-Plugins

I hacked together a few plugins today to add support for the 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 plugins for , which I plan to port in the next few weeks. For now, the plugins can be downloaded … sometime in the future, I’ll setup a wiki page for my plugins and hacks.

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 , mostly because the plugins can be ordered by priority (handy for text filters). It’s in though, which reminds me of my days working in GWBasic and DBase. seems so akward compared to , , and C++ (but it’s workable).