The WordPress Bar

Seen the DiggBar on Digg.com? Add a similar feature to your WordPress blog by creating a navigation bar for all external links outside of blog. Also

Author:Anthony Montalbano (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.7
WordPress version tested:2.8.5
Plugin version:0.6.2
Added to WordPress repository:30-05-2009
Last updated:11-11-2009
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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WATCH THE VIDEO OVERVIEW!! Seen the DiggBar on Digg.com? Add a similar feature to your WordPress blog. Use your blog as a short link service with Easy Link Creation. Feature any link on the internet with a custom URL such as http://www.internetriot.com/?bing. Also feature social network links such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg.

Watch this video overview of The WordPress Plugin

Features:

  • Feature a "DiggBar like" to all external links
  • Whitelist domains that you do not want to apply The WordPress Bar
  • Give your users up to 16 social network sharing links
  • Title and Logo branding options for your The WordPress Bar
  • Multiple The WordPress Bar color options
  • Track stats for how often featured links are viewed by your users
  • "As Featured In..." - This will list all of the posts that each link is featured in. Great way to introduce your readers to new articles!
  • Easy Short Link Creation - Simply put any ? then URL after your blogs URL and The WordPress Bar will create a new link for it, featuring The WordPress Bar above that site. Example: http://www.internetriot.com?http://www.woot.com will create a WordPress Bar link for woot.com. Use your blog as a short link creation service
  • Custom Link Identifiers - Customize the identifiers in your URL to make your links more memorable to your readers. Example: Make http://www.internetriot.com/?bing show The WordPress Bar for Bing.com