YOURLS widget released

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YOURLS widget released

This widget lets you embed your YOURLS installation (or someone else’s through API) to have a short URL service into your sidebar.
It’s pretty simple as for now and it does its work.

You can see an example right in the sidebar.

I will implement more options as inserting the password directly into the widget options menu (instead of via text-editor) in a few days. If you are using a passworded admin menu you have to edit yourls-widget-config.php. Further info in FAQ section.

Installation

  1. Upload the folder `yourls-widget` (keep the name intact) to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Add the widget to your sidebar via the `Appearance/Widgets` menu.
  4. Insert the URL to the API into the widget options. Example: http://yourdomain.com/yourls-api.php
  5. If the YOURLS installation is in “private” configuration (with password to access admin) you have to enter the username and password in the yourls-widget-config.php file. Further info in FAQ section.

Frequently Asked Questions

The widget gives an “Invalid username or password” notice/ I have a private configuration of YOURLS (admin access needs password).

This happens because your YOURLS installation is private configuration.
To fix this you have to edit the yourls-widget-config.php and add user and password in the fields.

Example with username “user and password “password:
< ?php $username = 'insert_your_user'; $password = 'Insert_your_password';?>
becomes:
< ?php $username = 'user'; $password = 'password';?>

Let any website use my API even if I have password protected admin

To do this you have to edit your YOURLS API (yourls-api.php) and remove these lines:

if ( defined(’YOURLS_PRIVATE’) && YOURLS_PRIVATE == true )
require_once( dirname(__FILE__).’/includes/auth.php’ );

This will disable the password protection on the API, but will keep your admin menu passworded. (thanks

Changelog:

0.3
* First simple yet stable release.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yourls-widget/

25 Responses to “YOURLS widget released”

  2. Ozh says:

    Hey this is cool :)

    To make the API publicly available while keeping the admin area protected, simply remove the two following lines:

    if ( defined(‘YOURLS_PRIVATE’) && YOURLS_PRIVATE == true )
    require_once( dirname(__FILE__).’/includes/auth.php’ );

    (simply including auth.php triggers the login/pwd requirement)

    Very cool stuff! I’m adding it to the readme again :)

  5. Marcos says:

    Congratulations for the excelent plugin. :)

    Is there any way to insert the form on a page or post, instead the sidebar?

    Have a great day, and thank you in advance for your help.

  9. Rob Parker says:

    Hi, I’ve just downloaded the most recent version of Yourls, but the lines above to open the API don’t seem to appear anymore in the yourls-api.php file. Do you know what can be done to make it open?
    Thank you very much!

  12. Asshu says:

    I have installed your plugin and looks great and working fine on WordPress version 3.1. But an option to customize more and run a full URL shortening service would be great

    Do you have any plan to release an update for 3.1 version?

    Thanks!

  13. Rodrigo Ap. says:

    Olá, gostaria de saber como usar este script ou api, para que seja possivel colocalo em outro site que quelquer outra plataforma não não exclusivamente WordPress WordPress…

    Google Translate
    Hello, I know how to use this script or api, it is possible to putting them on another site that no other platform quelque not exclusively WordPress WordPress …

    thanks

  14. Rodrigo Ap. says:

    Desculpe o flood e para carrigir

    Olá, gostaria de saber como usar este script ou api, para que seja possivel colocalo em outro site que qualquer outra plataforma não não exclusivamente WordPress WordPress…

    Obrigado

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