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# plug_n_author

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 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [AJAX for the frontend…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ajax-for-the-frontend/)
 *  Thread Starter [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ajax-for-the-frontend/#post-1215486)
 * That doesn’t help me any. I don’t have privileges to submit Trac tickets, I can’t
   register to submit Trac tickets, Trac is difficult to use in the first place 
   but I don’t see any tickets after running a dozen or so searches, the WordPress
   Trac ticket login screen has a zillion warnings in Firefox about a bad/incorrectly
   configured SSL cert., and the option of editing the Wiki seems pointless – all
   the entries on the Wiki page seem to be roughly 2005-ish.
 * What now?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Plugin development — did Imiss something?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-development-did-imiss-something/)
 *  [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-development-did-imiss-something/#post-1215294)
 * The codex is near worthless for authoring plugins. Hopefully you know how to 
   use the command line. Under Windows, I use ‘findstr /sic:”somethingtosearchfor”*’(
   without the surrounding quotes) to search the entire WordPress source code for
   something along the lines of what I’m looking for. You really end up winging 
   it. Obviously, you will come to the same conclusion I have – WordPress is a hack
   and is a miracle it works at all. Unfortunately, WordPress is the best blogging
   software out there. That says to me there is significant room for improvement
   and is still really anyone’s game.
 * No one really wanders this forum – you’re lucky I came along.
 * As far as plugin authoring, you really are on your own. You have to have pretty
   in-depth PHP skills and former plugin authoring experience with other, more documented
   products, to author a plugin for WordPress that isn’t riddled with security holes.
   The plugin infrastructure in WordPress qualifies as decent – not the worst, but
   hardly the best.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Admin can upload .flv videos, but the authors can’t](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-can-upload-flv-videos-but-the-authors-cant/)
 *  [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-can-upload-flv-videos-but-the-authors-cant/#post-1046839)
 * For those looking for a cleaner solution that is free of upgrade issues, drop
   this into your plugin directory and activate it:
 * <?php
    /* Plugin Name: FLV Hack Plugin URI: [http://www.someplace.com/](http://www.someplace.com/)
   Description: Quickie FLV hack/fix. Version: 1.0 Author: Someone Author URI: [http://www.someplace.com/](http://www.someplace.com/)*/
 *  add_filter(“ext2type”, “FLV_Hack_ext2type”, 10, 1);
    add_filter(“upload_mimes”,“
   FLV_Hack_upload_mimes”, 10, 1);
 *  function FLV_Hack_ext2type($filters)
    { $filters[“video”][] = “flv”;
 *  return $filters;
    }
 *  function FLV_Hack_upload_mimes($mimes)
    { $mimes[“flv”] = “video/x-flv”;
 *  return $mimes;
    } ?>
 * This does the exact same thing as editing functions.php to add FLV but without
   requiring you to apply the same mod to the WordPress core – plus it shouldn’t
   break even if WP includes this in the future. (The question becomes: Why isn’t
   FLV already in WP?!)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Plugin authoring questions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/)
 *  Thread Starter [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/#post-1088701)
 * I’ve written the plugin and it works quite well.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Plugin authoring questions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/)
 *  Thread Starter [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/#post-1088535)
 * Okay. I’ve decided that 4b is now impossible with this plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Plugin authoring questions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/)
 *  Thread Starter [plug_n_author](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plug_n_author/)
 * (@plug_n_author)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-authoring-questions/#post-1088512)
 * Okay, I know the answer to #1 now: Yes – modifying the variables passed in does
   modify the caller. Still need answers for the rest.

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