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Slickr Flickr 2.8 was released on February 8th 2021. Includes internationalisation support Supports WordPress 5.6 Only uses the bundled version of SimplePie 1.5.4 if running earlier version of WordPress than 5.6 now that WordPress has been updated with a recent version of SimplePie
Russell is a WordPress Plugin developer and WordPress consultant specializing in membership sites and payment gateways. He has over 20 years experience of software development and project management in the corporate sector but is now having a lot more fun working with small businesses globally.
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Slickr Flickr 2.7 Release
Slickr Flickr 2.7 was released on April 26th 2020. The SimplePie version bundled with WordPress produces “non-numeric date” warnings under PHP 7.x. This release of Slickr Flickr includes the latest version of SimplePie which does not produce warnings. It also supports the latest versions of the Galleria, WordPress and PHP. Includes SimplePie 1.5.4 Includes Galleria […]
Slickr Flickr 2.6 Release
Slickr Flickr 2.6 was released on August 10th 2018. It is a maintenance release to support the latest versions of the Galleria, WordPress and PHP. Includes Galleria 1.5.7 Supports PHP 7.x Ensures all photo access is under HTTPS
Slickr Flickr 2.5 Release
Slickr Flickr 2.5 was released on May 28th 2015. Its main focus was on reporting when no photos are available. Use silent=”on” to suppress the error message indicating there are no photos available (for use on individual slickr-flickr commands) Use message=”Sorry, there are no photos” or something similar, to add your own error message indicating […]
Flickr Search By Text
Let’s say I want to search for photos about the Empire State Building. On Flickr I would just type in this phrase in the Flickr search box. With Slickr Flickr we use the text parameter and also specify id=”” so the search looks across all of Flickr and not just my own Flickr account So […]
Slickr Flickr 2.4 Displays Single Photos
Yesterday, a Slickr Flickr Pro user had problems trying to display a single photo. The photo was in a photoset and he was trying to display it using the start parameter which starts a slideshow at a specific position in a list of photos, however it was not picking the right photo. Finally, after some […]
ClickMagick – Link Tracker
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Slickr Flickr 2.3 Release
Slickr Flickr 2.3 was released on December 30th 2014. Its main new feature is focussed on improved mobile responsive behaviour New mobile responsive slideshow which can be activated by setting responsive=”on” on each slickr-flickr command or by setting the Mobile responsive option on the Slickr Flickr settings page Updated to Galleria 1.4.2 which allows multiple […]
New Mobile Responsive Slideshow
There is a new slideshow option which makes a better job of displaying the slideshow on small devices. This is available from Slickr Flickr 2.3 coming out on December 9th 2014. Simply add responsive=”on” Normal Slideshow Code is slickr-flickr type=”slideshow” size=”m640″ tag=”avoriaz” captions=”on” bottom=”30″ View is Mobile Responsive Slideshow Code is slickr-flickr type=”slideshow” size=”m640″ tag=”avoriaz” […]
Flickr API Now Uses HTTPS For Searching Photos
Slickr Flickr 2.x has been updated to use HTTPS for connecting to Flickr in line with the Flickr’s new requirements for more secure access You do not need to do anything other than upgrade to the latest version of Slickr Flickr. Possible SSL Error However if after upgrading you get the following error you will […]
Searching By Tag Not Working Using Flickr API
Since Friday 13th June Flickr tags have not been working properly and all searches by tag using the API are returning no photos. Flickr have acknowledged the issue and are working on it. For more see this thread on the Flickr Help Forum and also this earlier thread Fetching favorites, groups, galleries and photosets is […]
Flickr Text Search
With Slickr Flickr 1.45 you can now search your photos by text. The search term looks for partial matches in: the photo title the photo description the photo tags An example would be to search my photos tagged with France for the term “dessert” to find the delicious sweet French cuisine I enjoyed during a […]
Links In Photo Descriptions
From Slickr Flickr 1.44, the plugin’s lightbox will display links in photo descriptions. Prior to this release it “cleaned” the photo descriptions which removed links. Here is an example of a couple of photos with long descriptions containing multiple links. This is the code: slickr-flickr tag=”sculpture” descriptions=”on” type=”gallery” size=”m640″ flickr_link=”on” flickr_link_title=”Click to see the photo […]
New Flickr Photo Sizes
In March 2012, Flickr came up with 3 new photos sizes: “Medium 800”, “Small 320” and “Large Square”. These was brought to my attention yesterday and hence I have added support for the new sizes to Slickr Flickr version 1.41 Below are example of the new sizes. Small 320 Slideshow Use size”s320″ for the Small […]
Helping Slickr Flickr Users
Epixmedia Xmas Photos slickr-flickr id=”76579178@N05″ tag=”xmasparty” items=”10″ type=”gallery” flickr_link=”on”
Slickr Flickr 1.33 Reduces The Big White Bottom Margin
Version 1.33 of Slickr Flickr, released 25th August 2011, has a few new features in both the standard and Slickr Flickr Pro editions. In the standard edition the focus was mainly on the periphery of the slideshow, gallery or galleria: controlling the amount of white space, and in the Slickr Flickr Pro edition the big […]
Slickr Flickr 1.30 Has Enhanced Galleria Support
Version 1.30 of Slickr Flickr, released 18th July, has a few new features in both the standard and Pro editions plus a few bug fixes. In the standard edition the work was focussed on supporting the new galleria themes and in the Pro edition the big new feature is ‘random photos’. New Features All Galleria […]
Slickr Flickr 1.28 Supports New Galleria
Version 1.28 of Slickr Flickr was released today with a few new features and some improvements and a choice of payment options for Slickr Flickr Pro. The bulk of the work was related to improving the integration with the latest version of the Galleria jQuery script. Galleria now has a carousel, a choice of themes […]
Load Javascript in Footer For Earlier Page Display
Current best practice for WordPress plugin developers is to load javascript in the footer as this allows the page content to appear sooner for the visitor. I implemented this feature in Slickr Flickr 1.25 however a few users had problems so I have introduced a more flexible solution where you can now choose whether or […]
How To Filter Flickr Photos By Orientation
Slideshows and galleries can look a little inelegant if you mix photos of different orientations: i.e. they contain a mix of portrait (3×4) and landscape (4×3) photos. The new restrict parameter aims to get around this problem by filtering out photos that do not match the restriction. In the current release; only a single restriction […]
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