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Version 1.32   Updated Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 8:20pm

Add Signature Plugin for WordPress

This plugin lets you display a custom signature at the bottom of your posts. Simply type the text you want in the options page and configure it to display on every post, or manually display it by adding the trigger text wherever you like. You can also add in author information using the included variables – login name, first name, last name, nickname, email address, website, and description/bio. It get this information from the author’s account settings. It currently supports up to three different signature templates.

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Instructions

  • Download the above file, rename it from .txt to .php, and upload it to your plugins directory.
  • Enable the plugin.
  • Configure the plugin options (under DDAddSig).
  • Test it out by viewing a post.

Change Log

  • 07-01-09 Version 1.32 – Fixed bug when using more than 3 sigs. Sigs are now wrapped in a div with the class ddsig_wrap.
  • 02-17-09 Version 1.31 – Added five extra signature fields (7 total now), updated display of options.
  • 09-22-07 Version 1.3 – Added two extra signature fields. Added ‘Load Default Options’ button. Added option to display signature on search pages.
  • 11-27-06 Version 1.2 – Added option to show the signature on date/category archive pages.
  • 07-26-06 Version 1.1 – You can now choose to show the signature on the index, posts, and/or pages.
  • 07-23-06 Version 1.0 – First release.

Signatures

You can use HTML and CSS in your signatures. The following variables can also be used to display author information (they are case-sensitive):

  • %LOGIN% – Login name
  • %FIRST% – First name
  • %LAST% – Last name
  • %NICK% – Nickname
  • %EMAIL% – Email address
  • %URL% – Website
  • %DESC% – Description/Bio

Standard Usage

To show the signature on a post or page, simply type in the proper trigger text.

Primary signature:
<!-- ddsig -->

Signature 2:
<!-- ddsig2 -->

Signature 3:
<!-- ddsig3 -->

Etc..

Note: Be sure you enter the trigger text using the ‘Code View’ in WordPress – not the new visual text editor.

Automatic Usage

If you prefer, you can have the plugin automatically display the signature on the pages you specify with the options below. Note: These options only apply to the primary signature.

Display on index page
When enabled, this option will show the signature after each post on your index page.

Display on posts
When enabled, this option will show the signature on each single post page.

Display on static pages
When enabled, this option will show the signature on each static page.

Display on archive pages
When enabled, this option will show the signature on each archive page. This includes both date and category archives.

Display on search pages
When enabled, this option will show the signature on each search results page.

Other Uses

What if you want to show an image of the author at the bottom of the posts? Standard WordPress profiles do not include an option for an author image, but it is easy to do with this plugin.

Just add something like this to your signature field:

<img src="/authors/%NICK%.jpg" />

Then all you have to do is create an ‘authors’ directory on your server, containing an image for each author (with their nickname for the filename).

Modifications

Disable automatic line breaks in signatures
Find this code in the script:
$ddsig_data = get_option('ddsig_data');After it, add the following:
$ddsig_data = str_replace(array("\n","\r"), array("", ""), $ddsig_data);That will strip out the newline/return characters from the signature. To do the same to the other signature fields, just duplicate that line with the other variable names (ddsig_data2, etc..)

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  1. Great suggestion to make it work with roles.

  2. 89
    ovidiu

    can this be coupled with a role – ? my editors do not havbe the edit options role, so they cannot alter any option… maybe this signature should be specific for every user? and maybe be placed under the member section in the backend?

    Just a bunch of suggestions.
    regards
    Ovidiu

  3. Awesome plugin!! I’m using it on my writing community! :D

  4. Great plugin, saves a lot of time ;)

    Just one question… How can I add a new %TAG% to display the post title?

    The %URL% tag includes the post url, which is good. But I would like to also display the post title instead of a single generic anchor text on all posts.

    Thanks
    Neil

  5. %LOGIN% < what is the variable for the login id number? what would it be? %loginid%?

  6. 85
    Laarni

    Do you have more plugins for group blog wordpress? Thank you. I used this plugin for my group blog and everybody loves it.

  7. Any chance of running a slight mod and having the post’s comments run in the signature area? How would I accomplish that?

  8. I feel stupid, I don’t understand how to get this to work! :(

  9. Version 1.3 has been released

    Two extra signature fields have been added, as well as an option to display the signature on search pages, and a ‘load default options’ button.

    The documentation has been rewritten a bit to reflect the new changes, be sure to give it a read.

  10. 81
    Simon

    Just following on from my last post. I missed the link in the options page. Apologies for being dumb.

  11. 80
    Simon

    Like Pablo above post 70, I’m having a problem changing the ‘written by’ and ‘visit website’ – changed all references to these phrases in my dd-add-sig.php file, but that wording and the visit website link still appear ? I’m running wordpress 2.2 on Apache 2.2.4, with php 4.4.6.

    Quite frustrated… : )

  12. Is it possible to add an option so that it’ll display the signature on the pages returned after searches?

  13. marco: To hide the sig if it is a particular author, find this line:

    $a_login = get_the_author_login();

    And after it, add this:

    if ($a_login == 'authorlogin') return $content;

    That will cause the plugin to stop if it encounters that name. To do the reverse, you could use != (not equal).

  14. is it possible to say “view the signature if the author is xxx and don’t view the signature if the author is NOT xxx?”
    thanks so much!

  15. 76
    Wrhona

    Cool plugin! I’ve been searching for this. thanks a lot!

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