XmasB Quotes
This plugin/widget lets you add and show random quotes to your Wordpress blog with ease. The plugin uses MySQL to store quotes.
You can specify an image for each quote, default image for quotes, and the option to disable images altogether.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
1. Upload directory “xmasb_quotes” to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Add the widget to your sidebar
4. That’s it!
By default the plugin looks for an image in the folder named “images” with a name that matches the author and extension “.gif”, eg. if the author is “Bart”, the plugin will look for the file named “bart.gif”. If an image is found it is used, else the quotes is shown without an image or default image if specified.
You can add, edit and delete quotes under Edit – XmasB Quotes.
The options for each quote:
Quote – The actual quote.
Author – The author of the quote. This is optional.
Image – The image to be used. If left blank, the name of the author will be used to search for an image. If not found, and default image is specified, the default image will be used.
Visible – Set this to “No” if you want to hide a quote without deleting it.
Set more general options under “Options – XmasB Quotes”.
Options available:
Show Images – Uncheck this to disable images shown with quotes.
Default Image – If specified this image will be used if no image is found for author or specified image for quote. If left blank, quotes without images will not show an image.
Show link to author – Shows a link to xmasb.com and my plugin in the widget. Turn off if you want to.
The title for the Widget is set directly in the Widget under “Presentation – Widgets”.
Title – The title to show with the Widget. Default is XmasB Quotes.
For easier management of version and statistics the plugin is hosted at Wordpress.org.
This blog is using the Widget as you can see to the right.
Stumble it!
Thanks for this great plugin: I see the random quotes and the authors, but not the images… I guess I do something wrong: I do put the complete HTML IMG tag, am I right?
Only the name of the picture file should go in the field for picture. if you have picture for Homer Simpson called “homer.jpg”, than “homer.jpg” is what you should type in the field. The image must off course be in the images folder.
Hello! I do not want the quote to pull into the sidebar, but rather, into a special place in the footer. Therefore, I do not want to add the widget but want to pull the quote in manually. Can you please tell me what the code snippet is for me to place in my footer? Thank you! I love this app!
Oops, never mind! I forgot I already asked you this and I looked back through the comments and you’ve answered. Thank you, I just tried it and it works perfectly. You’re the best!