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WP PlugIndex currently records Polaroid on the Fly version 0.7 as active, updated 17y ago and tested up to WordPress 2.7.
Overview
About this plugin
Creates polaroids of images on the fly for thumbnails in posts. Support for lightbox included. 2 sources.
I wanted to mimic the Polaroid look that you can achieve with Google Picasa to add thumbnails to my posts. I found a plugin titled WP-Polaroidonizer that did what I wanted to some extent but it didn’t have the right feel to it.
The other problem I have with Polaroid-o-nizer and WP-Polaroidonizer is the lack of security. When I mention lack of security there is by default no way to restrict external sites and users from generating Polaroid pictures using your installation of Polaroid-o-nizer.
The goal of this plugin was to use rel= style html img tags to transform a simple URL into a Lightbox URL in which there is a thumbnail image in your post which is linked to an image that can be loaded using Lightbox or any of the Lightbox clones/alternatives.
Requirements
PHP GD Module
Lightbox – Not really a requirement but a recommendation if you want to have a nice ajax/javascript image overlay on your page.
Upgrade
Deactivate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Delete the previous polaroid-on-the-fly folder from the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Upload the new polaroid-on-the-fly folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Usage
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Create an image link in your post in the following format:
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Be sure to include rel="polaroid" as this activates the plugin.
If alt="Picture[album]" is included the portion listed here as Picture will be displayed as the image title in Lightbox and the portion listed as [album] will group multiple pictures into an album called album. The alt tag is not required and if used the [album] portion is not required. Read the Lightbox usage for more details on Titles and albums.
Be sure to place each html img tag on a separate line.
This plugin supports the following image formats: jpg, png, gif
NOTE:
Do not use the visual editor for doing the above use the code editor.
To Do
Add features for x and y offset
Add features for rotation angle
Add additional error reporting for the offset and angle
Add functionality to options page to generate a URL for placement elsewhere on the site.
Add functionality to cache the polaroid images.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
formatting
images
links
post
posts
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 2.7
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 2.7.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to2.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.3 · PHP not listed
Update activity20 Jun 200917y ago
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