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WP Plugin: StumbleUpon Favorites~!

July 2nd, 2008 / Old Blogs

WordPress + StumbleUpon I was planning on releasing this plugin tomorrow, but I decided against it – couldn’t make you wait, couldn’t wait myself. I’m talking about “StumbleUpon Favorites”, a plugin that basically allows you to list your most recently liked StumbleUpon pages on your WordPress blog as a widget.

Wait, you could do that with a normal RSS widget right? True, but this thing comes with a bunch of bells and whistles, plus the promise of more to come (either from me, or from some clever third party out there – probably me, but feel free to modify this!). You can see the widget in action to the right, although yours may look different depending on the settings you choose.

Current Features:

  • Easy integration – just type in your StumbleUpon username!
  • Option to display/hide the StumbleUpon logo
  • Option to display/hide the number of votes for a bookmark
  • Automatic conversion of long links into links shortened by ellipsis (…)
  • The items display quotes and ampersands properly despite StumbleUpon’s double-encoded HTML entity system (The RSS widget will not do this)
  • All links are nofollow by default
  • All links open in a new tab/window, depending on whether the browser supports tabs

Installation:

  1. Download the plugin archive using the link below
  2. Extract archive contents to folder (stumble_faves recommended)
  3. Upload folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  5. Place the newly available widget in your sidebar and configure it

That’s it, five simple steps and you’re done. Now, without further ado, I present the StumbleUpon Favorites plugin as a free download!

Download StumbleUpon Favorites (WP 2.3 to 2.5.1+)


To Do List:

  • Integrate favorite website screenshots
  • Improve plugin based on feedback

I will be happy to offer support and troubleshooting through the comments of this post, as long as you leave enough details about your troubles and maybe a link to the problem site.

17 Responses to “WP Plugin: StumbleUpon Favorites~!”

  1. At 04:08
    On 3rd Jul 2008,
    paresh wrote:

    nice useful list.

    {paresh’s last literary creation – First Indian to achieve Doctorate in Vastushastra…..}

  2. At 17:04
    On 3rd Jul 2008,
    Susan wrote:

    I love it! (I’ve stumbled this page)

    {Susan’s last literary creation – Acosmin v3 – Orange}

  3. At 17:10
    On 3rd Jul 2008,
    RG wrote:

    Thanks both of you!

    Now do remember to come back with those suggestions you’re likely to think of…

  4. At 03:29
    On 5th Jul 2008,
    Zhu wrote:

    Good job! I’ll test it out this week end, but don’t be mad at me if I don’t adopt it: I try to reduce the number of plugin I use… :-(

    Call me a recovery addict.

    Did you submit your plugin to WP etc.? I bet a lot of people will be interested!

    {Zhu’s last literary creation – Canada Day In Ottawa}

  5. At 05:46
    On 5th Jul 2008,
    RG wrote:

    I did, but they take some time to get back to developers. They don’t mention how long, it’s “some loosely defined period of time” (sic).

    Maybe you’ll like the plugin so much you’ll just have to use it, hehe…

  6. At 15:44
    On 6th Jul 2008,
    WP Plugin: StumbleUpon Favorites! : Dr T’s Experiments wrote:

    [...] I’m big fan of StumbleUpon.com StumbleUpon Favourites plugin is verrrry much of my liking, see for yourself if you’re stumbler and have your own [...]

  7. At 18:21
    On 9th Jul 2008,
    New Wordpress Plugin Releases at WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Blog Tips, WordPress Optimizations >> WPthemesplugin.com wrote:

    [...] StumbleUpon Favorites [...]

  8. At 20:20
    On 10th Jul 2008,
    Susan wrote:

    I’m excited to use this!

    {Susan’s last literary creation – Faleonis}

  9. At 15:10
    On 11th Jul 2008,
    Caroline Middlebrook wrote:

    Nice looking widget! I’m going to test this out and promote it in my StumbleUpon course :)

    {Caroline Middlebrook’s last literary creation – The Basic Lessons Are Now Complete!}

  10. At 15:37
    On 11th Jul 2008,
    RG wrote:

    @Susan-
    Hmm…you don’t seem to be using it, but ‘kay :P

    @Caroline-
    Thanks!

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    On 23rd Jul 2008,
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  14. At 10:36
    On 10th Nov 2008,
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  15. At 06:15
    On 19th Dec 2008,
    Jasmine wrote:

    Hi! I am using a template over at my website that doesn’t support widgets, and I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on what code to use to add this handy tool. I have successfully added other widget code into my php sidebar index. Is that possible with this app? I am not a talented programmer, but I know how to piece code in and connect it. Many apologies if this is a very simple question.

  16. At 22:04
    On 15th Oct 2009,
    Laurel wrote:

    I was wondering if there is a way to populate my blog page with my stumbleupon favorites instead of the sidebar? thanks

  17. At 22:04
    On 15th Oct 2009,
    Laurel wrote:

    I was wondering if there is a way to populate my blog page with my stumbleupon favorites instead of the sidebar? thanks

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