Wordpress Plugin: Post Version Control (v1.0)
Posts can be grouped in many ways in Wordpress but there is no direct version control system. This plugin offers a lightweight solution if you want version control for a group of posts.
To make this work you define a keyword for each version control group you want to create. Then use that keyword as a prefix in the post name of each post in that group. The plugin will sort out the latest post automatically and label the rest as outdated.
It also let’s you have a URL that will always point to the latest post of that version control group. That way you can give out the URL to others and be sure that your visitors will always be viewing the most recent post.
This plugin will automatically:
- Define if a post is part of a version control group.
- Search and locate the latest post by publish date.
- Label the older posts of the group as outdated.
This is especially practical for bloggers that often revisit older subjects and have to do the linking with the updated posts manually. Or if you are like me and publish material that has versioning applied to it (ex. software) through a blogging platform.
Version: 1.0
Language: PHP
File size: 4,44kb
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May 14th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Or you could use this.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Chris, I had a look at the link you proposed but honestly I wouldn’t consider that a good alternative.
It’s not as lightweight and could have compatibility issues with future versions of Wordpress.
But apart from that, isn’t that plugin meant to be an administrator’s tool - saving versions of the same post externally but publishing only one?
Nice try though
May 15th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
This is perfect. Just what I needed, thanks!
May 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
:saving versions of the same post externally but publishing only one:
I thought that was the nature of version control. It sounds like your plugin compares to the old way of version control (rename files _old), but the other one is Subversion.
Maybe I misunderstand something.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I think the last paragraph is helpful enough to understand how to use this plugin.
Use it if you don’t want to change the permalinks of your older posts (which is a big no-no) but still want your visitors to find the latest updates on the subject.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
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