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I am a design engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, working with the Theme Team to address the design concerns of millions of WordPress users.

• February 1st, 2008

  Wanted: WordPress Post Template Plugin

  I’m in need of a WordPress plugin that lets you specify a template for posts based on their category. For example, I might want to postscript all of my posts about URL Fixer with a link to the most recent version, or prefix an explanation about what exactly “Mozilla” is to my Firefox posts. I [...]

• October 13th, 2007

  Feed Statistics WordPress Plugin Updated

  I’ve updated the Feed Statistics WordPress Plugin (now at version 1.3.1) to be more compatible with WordPress 2.3 and to fix some bugs from the previous version’s clickthrough tracking. To install this plugin: If you installed an earlier version, download the zip file of the latest version here, and overwrite feed-statistics.php in your blog’s wp-content/plugins/ [...]

• September 11th, 2007

  Feed Statistics plugin updated again

  So, the last update to the Feed Statistics WordPress plugin left a bad taste in the mouths of more than a few people. I admit that it wasn’t my best work. However, I’ve fixed the problems in version 1.2 and have released version 1.3. No new features, but now the features from 1.2 should actually [...]

• September 7th, 2007

  Feed Statistics 1.2: Monitor your most popular feeds

  I’ve updated the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress to version 1.2; this update adds a “Top Feeds” page where you can see what the most popular feeds for your website are (e.g., main feed, category feeds, different feed formats). It shows a list of all of the feed URLs that your subscibers are requesting, and [...]

• July 12th, 2007

  Feed Statistics 1.1.2 Released

  Thanks to dP’s heads-up, I’ve updated the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress to 1.1.2 with a fix for accurate counting of subscribers via LiveJournal. To install this plugin, download the zip file of the latest version here, and overwrite feed-statistics.php in your blog’s wp-content/plugins/ directory if you downloaded an earlier version. If you’re downloading it [...]

• July 6th, 2007

  Feed Statistics 1.1: Movin’ On Up

  I’ve just uploaded a big update to the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress. This new version allows you to track which posts your subscribers are reading and which links they’re clicking on. It also has better feed reader statistics, and a more organized administration menu. See the updated homepage for a full writeup of the [...]

• July 5th, 2007

  More Feed Statistics coming

  I’m working on an update to the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress that will add the following features: The ability to track the number of views for individual posts in the feed Tracking of clickthroughs for links in your posts Better reporting of the feed readers used to access your feed I’m running this new [...]

• June 26th, 2007

  Feed Statistics: Now with more statistics

  I’ve released the next iteration of the Feed Statistics plugin for WordPress. This version (1.0.4) adds statistics on which Web-based feed readers your subscribers are using, which you can view on the Options > Feed Statistics page. Download the zip file of the newest version here, and overwrite feed-statistics.php in your blog’s wp-content/plugins/ directory if [...]