Keywords Plugin Update

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Projects — 01-Mar-2005 23:29

At the prodding of “rg”, I’ve updated my keywords plugin to improve keyword searches. Previously, post keywords — or tags — were simply linked to the WordPress search function. This is fine if your tags show up in the body of your post, but for photos and other odd content this isn’t necessarily the case. So now the plugin creates its own search results from posts that use similar tags. The results page can even use its own template if you’re so inclined.

I always wanted it to work this way but hadn’t sorted out all of the WordPress filters/actions to make it happen until now. You can give the plugin a try on this site, or download it and try it on your own. Get tagging!

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  1. jerome, thanks! works great.
    the only ‘nice to have’ thing left is a formatted version of the_keywords() that will output with before/after (eg ‘li’) as in get_archives() etc. this can then be put in the sidebar or archives.php
    A hint for others is to put $posts = query_posts($query_string . ‘&nopaging=1′); on the tag result page if you only display titles/excerpts.

    rg — 06-Mar-2005 08:58

  2. Thanks for the tip, rg.

    I’ve also received some useful feedback over the weekend via e-mail. Version 1.4 is around the corner and will include all of your suggestions…

    jerome — 07-Mar-2005 21:40

  3. This plugin is simply superb. Everything I wanted and more. A few suggestions, however. My main suggestion would be an options panel in the Admin area, so the user can tweak without manually editing and uploading the files. My other suggestionw would be for this to be compatible with tags that have a “/” in them. Currently it prints them out fine on the blog, but it links them incorrectly.

    N. — 08-Mar-2005 09:22

  4. This plugin and the mini-posts plugin (http://doocy.net/mini-posts/) seem to have a conflict. When mini-post is activated, the keywrods search page produces an error (check it here http://markeckenrode.com/tag/gtd)

    Mark — 13-Mar-2005 10:27

  5. Mark, you’re right, these two plugins do not play well together. Both are trying to modify the posts query at the same time. I’m planning to release 1.4 later today and I’ll add a quick fix that disables mini-posts during a keyword search.

    jerome — 13-Mar-2005 16:13

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  7. Quick turn, Jerome. Thanks.

    mark — 14-Mar-2005 12:02

  8. Let me know if this fix works for you — I’m not sure what side-effects it will cause in mini-posts for your site (doesn’t affect non-mini-posts users). Morgan has also agreed to look into this too…

    jerome — 14-Mar-2005 12:11

  9. Both plugins are getting along fine, now :) Thanks.

    Mark — 14-Mar-2005 17:21