Simply Exclude plugin version 2.0…finally!

January 23rd, 2012 @ 6pm : no comments : Socialize This
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I’m formally announcing the release of the first best of the popular Simply-Exclude plugin. You can download the beta version plugin from this site below.

NOTE: THIS IS A BETA VERSION AND SHOULD NOT BE USED ON A PRODUCTION SITE. PLEASE ONLY TEST ON A DEVELOPMENT SITE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Some interesting points regarding the new 2.0 release:

  1. The plugin has been rewritten from the ground up. This means the old crappy code from 3 years ago have been replaced with newer crappy code. :)
  2. Taxonomies and Post Types. The prior version of the plugin only supported the built-in Taxonomies and Post Types. The new version supports any Taxonomy and Post Type. Some Post Types like nav menus and links are purposely excluded. Oh My!
  3. New interfaces. In the prior version of the plugin I build screens for each supported Taxonomy and Post Type. Over the years I had reports that when the site contains 3000 tags loading the Tag Exclude screen would take forever. Well good news. All those screens are history. In the new version of the plugin I’ve added columns to the Taxonomy, Post Type and User listing to allow management within a more natural interface.
  4. I’ve updated the Settings/Options screen to by a simply listing of the Taxonomies and Post Types and what actions you are allowed to filter on.
  5. I’ve removed support for third-party plugins. In the previous version of the plugin I supported integration with two plugins, Google XML Sitemaps an Search Unleashed. Over the years these plugins have changed such that my backdoor method of interfacing with them kept breaking. This became a headache. So decided to drop the support. Sorry for anyone who relies on this.
  6. Finally all those who have tried to use this plugin to Exclude Pages now will have a working solution. The new version of this plugin now properly filters Pages on Search. Also, I’ve added support for the WordPress Pages Widget.
  7. I’ve compiled a Help panel to assit those having trouble or just needing to get unstuck

Still todo. I need to make sure this new code works under a Multisite installation. I’ve tested on my local development site using the default WordPress theme and settings. From what I can tell it works. But would really like to get someone who is heavy into Multisite give it a review.

Download Simply Exclude version 2.0 Beta 1

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