I am currently working on a new version of Permalink Finder to be released soon. The new version of Stop Spammers will be released at the same time. I have 3 or 4 old plugins that are over two years old and no long show up in the WordPress.org repository, so they need to be refreshed, updated and re-released. The version of No Right Click Images has an option to replace the default image that I am testing and I will release that soon.
The new plugin that I am working on is a Social Post/Page ranking plugin similar to Reddit, Ycombinator, Digg or Delicious. It will provide a gravity algorithm to list pages/posts in order of interest. I will provide shortcodes to place the listing on a page with options, including New, Controversial, etc. with options to show pages, posts, or custom post types. I expect to be testing a version of it here in a week or so, and placing it on my other sites after that for more intensive testing.
The issue with the new plugin is security so I am making it optionally require email and filtering through Akismet and my Stop Spammer plugin if available. This will be the first time that I have made a connection between two of my plugins. I have to figure a way to check that they don’t step on each other. I might have to include WordPress style actions and filters in Stop Spammers so that I can make them work without a crash.
I have a gravity algorithm based on time votes, views, etc. I expect to tweak it before I release it. I analyzed the reddit, ycombinator and delicious formulas and came up with one that is similar, but with a few more variables to fiddle with. When I get it down correct, I will have to simplify it. I am not sure that you can calculate a weight on the fly so it has to be something simple.
Strangely, though, I left my last job and I am hanging out at home. My wife think that I am goofing off when I use the computer, so I have not actually coded anything in about a month. I want to set off a few hours each day to write and code and convince her that it is important, but so far no luck. I have been working on the house and the yard all day and I am too pooped at night to code. Strangely I use to get more work done on my lunch breaks that I do when I have no job.
Keith
Sounds like you’re going to be busy! With your ranking plugin, what factors do you plan on using to assess interest in a particular post? Sounds like coming up with those yourself could get complicated.