There is usually some software that I continuously want but can’t feel interested in writing myself. In terms of WordPress plugins, I’ve wished for a while to come across a good stats plugin and one for grabbing Technorati inbound links.
A certain ‘nik’ had started hanging in #wordpress recently, and having decided to make plugins for WP a couple days ago, came up with these: Kramer and Taggart. Kramer inserts Technorati inbound links into the comments for each post, while Taggart is Yet Another WordPress Tags Plugin.
I’m running Kramer at this point, and it’s pretty slick—it adds inbound links to the comments table like Matt recommended a few moons ago. Nik’s already mulling about what to do with inbound links to the site in general which are not associated with a particular entry, and non-Technorati referrers. Both are features I’d really like. Yay for Kramer, and kudos to Nik Cubrilovic.
v0.2 is now avaliable. It fixes the trackback dupe problem, adds an admin panel, and provides a function for templates to display inbound links on templates (all cached etc.).
I recently began adding Technorati Tags to my posts. What is an inbound link?
Russell, they’re links to your site from Technorati–like these.
Yeah, I just figured that out. Now what will this plugin accomplish?
Also, it seems like Technorati doesn’t give me credit (number of links) it reports, then one day it jumps several numbers and catches up. do you know why it does this?
Just asking.
What this plugin does is check for inbound links to posts and the front page and store them on your blog, like they were trackbacks.
As for Technorati’s glitches, who knows