We very happy to announce the release of our first WordPress plugin for Kachingle, Kachingle Medallion for WordPress. This is also the first WordPress plugin I coded start to finish by myself (albeit standing on the shoulders of those who came before). As the name suggests, the plugin simplifies using Kachingle on self-hosted WordPress blogs. You can see an example of the result on the left side of this page.
This plugin enables you to put the Medallion on your WordPress site as a widget (if your theme supports them), a custom template tag or a shortcode. You still have to create the Medallion on Kachingle.com on the Sites I Own tab but you won’t have to copy and paste the code block as before.
A Settings page is included so you can set options: Medallion number, style (wide or narrow now, others when available), title and a short marketing message to print above the Medallion. Note that the title is only used with the widget. The Settings page also includes instructions for using the template tag and shortcode.
The plugin is already in use on several websites including this one, my personal site BillSaysThis and cool new food blog WhatTwoEat.
Since this is our first platform-specific plugin for the Medallion, we’d love your feedback on the functionality and options included, how easy it is to use, enhancements we can add and other platforms for which you’d like to see us offer plugins. Let us know in the comments what you think and if you’re using it.
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I tried to publish a comment previously, but it has not shown up. I think your spam filter might be broken?
Marvin – everything seems to be ok. I tried to respond to you via email but your email bounced.
Cynthia @ kachingle.com
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