Ever needed a list of your plugins for pasting it into an email or a document? Or into an (Excel or Word or OpenOffice) table? I did, and with all the plugins I have installed, I concluded that writing it all down manually would seriously suck.
I did a bit of research, but found no plugins that do just that. Sure, there are plugins that can insert a plugin list into a post or a widget, but even if I could live with their output,1 the whole procedure» would be absolute overkill.
So I decided to implement this little tool right here on this website:
The WordPress PlugIn List / Table Generator
It is super-simple to use. Just visit the tool’s page and follow the instructions there.
Have fun!
installing the plugin, creating a post with a shortcode/tag where the plugin infos would be inserted, previewing the post, selecting the text and copying it to the clipboardPowered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.3.2
- which I really couldn’t for my purpose [↩]
November 12th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
just to let you know, the “plugin central” plugin provides similar lists of used/installed plugins
November 13th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Ovidiu, I know “Plugin Central”. I used it prior to WP 2.8. But thanks anyway.
The thing is, (a) it only provides a simple list, and (b), I’d hate to install a plugin only to obtain the list every now and than. It would be sitting there consuming resources for nothing 98% of the time. That’s why I figured an external tool would be the right answer.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Great idea. Strangely, didn’t work for me; gave an error of “Supplied text does not seem to contain WordPress plugin information.”.
I use google chrome, so select-all might perhaps take text elements which your input did not expect.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
I’m checking it out, Gravity. Thanks for your input.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Should be fixed now
January 4th, 2010 at 10:53 am
I came back to update my sites’ list, created with two of your lovely addons. Noticed this tools is not in your “I implemented” list, where it should be!
January 5th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Hey, thanks Gravity!
February 21st, 2010 at 5:49 am
“…would seriously suck.” Boy you got that right. I love your work, your perspective, and your humor.
February 21st, 2010 at 11:31 am
Haha, DLKeur, thanks! I do have my moments