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What is an archived article?

Archived plugins/mods/etc. are those whose functionality has been built into the Textpattern core code, or is otherwise outdated.

All plugins, mods, etc. that are posted to this site will be kept even after they have out-lived their usefulness — perhaps their functionality has been added to the Textpattern code so that a built-in Textpattern tag can fully take the place of what used to be a plugin, perhaps the plugin worked on a very early version of Textpattern and now is incompatible with the current and recent versions.

How can I create my own plugin?

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What is flagging? Why flag an article?

Flagging articles is for their own good.

Each article has a “Flag it” option in its information column. If an article has a broken link, inaccurate information, an orphaned plugin/file, or should be otherwise archived or edited, you can contact the article’s author to inform them, or Flag the article for the Admin’s attention.

How to Install Plugins

When you download a plugin, you’ll see a whole bunch of seemingly gibberish text, with hopefully some readable words at the top such as the name of the plugin and the author, etc.

Copy the whole thing (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C in windows) and then visit your Textpattern's admin interface, and naviagate to the ‘Admin’ tab and the ‘Plugins’ tab beneath that.

How do I submit my plugin to this site?

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What are plugins?

From an end-user’s perspective:

Plugins are modifications to the code, that provide for new features or expanding existing features. This could mean you have a new Textpattern tags you can use, such as or it could give you new features in your admin panel, such as a mysql database manager (via rss_admin_db_manager), etc. etc. Basically, if there is something you want to do with Textpattern for which you can’t find a built-in means to do so, then there’s possibly a plugin for it, or a plugin can be made for it.

From a programmer/developer’s perspective:

Plugins provide an easy way for developers to create new tags for Textpattern templates, and to introduce new features for the back and front end. They are easy to create for anyone with some PHP experience. A new template tag can be as simple as a single PHP function containing a single line of code.

— Threshold State

What is Textpattern?

Textpattern is a content management system created by Dean Allen. Written in PHP, it was designed to be used with all kinds of web sites, including weblogs. Built into Textpattern is Textile, a simple syntax for nudging plain text into structurally sound and stylistically rich web content. Textpattern has been released under the open source GNU General Public License as of version 1.0rc3.