WP Decoratr
Submitted on: 18 Mar 08
Category: Wordpress Plugins
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Description: WP Decoratr automatically finds images relevant to your post content from Flickr to spice up your posts.
WP Decoratr is very easy to use and doesn’t need any configuration. It will add a panel on the “Write Post” page. Compose your post as usual and click “Get Images” when you’re done. WP Decoratr will analyse your post content and suggest several matching images. Just click on an image to insert it in your post.
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Hi there! I like the idea of using this plugin to add images to my posts. Just a question about the way it searches flickr: does it return only Creative Commons images, or does it return all kinds of copyright images?
This does not work i have uploaded it to two wp sites viewed it in IE and FF but the tag box to put your keywords.tags does not show up the pop up appears and asks you to entere them but there are no fields in which to do so??
Hi There:
I have installed the plugin, but it doesn’t work when I click “Get Images” – it just hangs and does not return results.
Is there something that I am missing out on configuration wise?
Best Regards,
Angela
GeekMom,
From what I understand, Flickr API returns images under one of the CC licenses only. But I’ll confirm that. I the next version I’ll add an option to select specific CC licenses when getting images.
ash,
Have you added some content to your post before clicking “Get Images”?
Angela,
Which version of WP are you using? Which browser ae you using? Are you getting any error messages? I can logon to your WP admin and check whats going on if you give me access, but I undestand if you don’t want to.
Yep i have content, on the site i was tying to use it on the pages that i currently have with full articles on, but nothing?? click the button, get images and nothing happens??
iDope, thanks for your response. I just thought I’d check, because people tend to be so touchy about their copyrights, and I wouldn’t want to offend or anger anyone at flickr.
Hey there,
I’m trying to use this on my site, but when I click to get photos it just sits there most of the time. Every once in a while it says can not connect tol flckr. Can you help?
ash, Can you send me a screenshot of the popup you mentioned?
I keep getting this pop up
“Error: cannot connect to Flickr”
I get this JS-Error Message when i click: get Images
sack is not defined
var mysack = new sack(”http://www.my-url.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php” );
Don’t work for me. When you click on the “Get images” buttom, the next error is show in the console error of Firefox:
****************************************************************
Error: sack is not defined
Origin: http://SITE/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=3
Line: 300
******************************************************************
I’m ussing the WP 2.3.3
How frustrating. I have tried this with 5 different web browsers on my Mac (including Camino, Firefox, Safari, Flock & Sunrise) and it won’t work in any. It loads the pictures, but they are not clickable… I am on WP 2.3.3 so that’s not the problem…
hi!
seems to be a cool plugin! unfortunately it also doesn’t work on my wp installation (IE&FF). simply hangs… it’s a pity
matt,
You will get that error when the Flickr API service is down (happens once in a while) or there are connectivity issues between your server and Flickr.
jackdc & TrAk & eric,
I have made some changes. Can you please update and let me know if this works for you?
Stefanie,
Are your using the advanced visual editor or the plain text editor?
iDope,
Now, when I click on “Get Images” appears an error that sais “Cannot connect to Flickr”.
I think that is problem of my hosting, I try to check with another one and I told you what hapen.
Thank you for the upgrade.
Stefanie,
I have released another update and it should now work with the simple editor as well.
Yeah, I’m using the basic editor, and it works now
It does return pictures with © All rights reserved, so I would recommend to others to check the photos they are using before posting to make sure the only use CC photos.
So I edited it to only include CC licensed images, if anyone is interested.
In decoratr.php, near the bottom, change this:
$api_key=’6833ce889f21fffcaa88f2aaabbea4f4′;
$request = “http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?api_key=$api_key&method=flickr.photos.search&format=json&tag_mode=all&per_page=$count&sort=$sort&$mode=” . urlencode($keyword);
to this:
$license=’1,2,3,4,5,6′;
$request = “http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?api_key=$api_key&method=flickr.photos.search&format=json&license=$license&tag_mode=all&per_page=$count&sort=$sort&$mode=” . urlencode($keyword);
Oopsie. Don’t delete the api_key code, just add license after it, like this:
$api_key=’6833ce889f21fffcaa88f2aaabbea4f4′;
$license=’1,2,3,4,5,6′;
$request = “http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?api_key=$api_key&method=flickr.photos.search&format=json&license=$license&tag_mode=all&per_page=$count&sort=$sort&$mode=” . urlencode($keyword);
Ok, I apologize for flooding the comments, but it isn’t posting properly. If you want the fixed code to return CC license only images, pop me over an email at contact@focusorganic.com
I’ve just upgraded to WP2.5 – apparently, with the admin changes, this plug-in can’t really work. As soon as I click the “Get Images” button, the post saves and publishes (which is annoying), and I’ve found no way around it. Are you planning on updating this for 2.5s admin update?
I’ll add 2.5 support once I upgrade.
Hey:
I just upgraded to WP2.5 (latest stable), and while the flckr worked before, now when I click on the “get Images” button, it hangs then jumps to the “Manage” page. Any ideas? I also uninstalled and downloaded the latest version from the top of the page and reactivated.
I installed this and it works with no problem. 2 things, though.
1) When getting images from Flickr, is this tearing up my bandwidth?
2) When you click an image, the link goes into your text area, but there is really no indication that it has done anything. It would help if, after you click, you see a message or something visual telling you that the link has been added to your text area. I thought it had done nothing until I scrolled back up to my editing area and saw the link had been added.
This looks like a fantastic tool for gathering images. It also doesn’t work for me on WP2.5. I look forward to a new release with the proper CC license and v2.5 support. Keep up the great work!
Sorry to bother – but any idea when you might upgrade and add 2.5 support?
hi there .thanks for plugin:
Does anybody know if tis script is compatible with Wordpress 2.5.1 ?
Thanks in advance for any help on this!
best regards
I’m using it with 2.5.1 with no problem.
I’m running 2.5.1 and it’s not working. It worked before I upgraded, though.
Not working for me WP 2.5.1
Hi there
I cannot get it working with 2.5 or 2.5.1. I would love to see an update. Mine saves the post and refuses to display images.
My posts were a lot more interesting when I had 2.3.3 and could include pics.
Any news on the update?
Any plans on updating the plugin for post 2.5 support?
It’s really an excellent idea.
“I’ve just upgraded to WP2.5 – apparently, with the admin changes, this plug-in can’t really work. As soon as I click the “Get Images” button, the post saves and publishes (which is annoying), and I’ve found no way around it.”
Same here on v2.5.1
I have 2.5.1 and it does not work. When I click it, it takes me to the manage posts screen.
i installed this on my wp 2.5 blog
http://sean808080.com and when i click on get images it just goes back to the dashboard and says your post was saved.
upon looking at the blog, nothing has been added at all. there is content in the post.
any ideas? i’d love to try this out!
OK, it was working. Now when clicking the Get Images button, it is just saving the post and not getting the images.
Like d2k
(Posted March 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm) when I click on the “Get Images” button it saves as publishes the post.
WP v2.5.1
I have updated the plugin to support Wordpress 2.5. Let me know if you face any problems.
Not working here… It just hangs when button pressed.
It seems to work ok for me, but I am using TinyMCE and the button only appears on the HTML toolbar, not on the main editor toolbar for some reason
Other than that, it works fine. Thanks very much
@Dave
Clear your browser cache and it should show up.
@Vladimir: What WP version and browser are you using?
This plugin looks neat for sure, although I would STRONGLY advise only returning creative commons images.
I’ve had plenty of my images stolen for use on other websites and blog posts with out my permission. While the technology you made is nice, cool, etc. it is NOT cool to use other’s photos w/ out asking for permission.
All it takes is a simple flickr / email and it might cost nothing to get approval. I’ve allowed my photos used for non commercial use. I DO require proper link credit (to my website, not just to flickr)
Thanks,
Adam in Phoenix, AZ
Thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for.
Does this plugin work on WP 2.6?
hi. Thanks for plugin
perfect.
Regards
Hi there
I just updated to WP 2.7.1 and the Decoratr button has disappeared from TinyMCE – It was there up to and including upgrades to 2.7 but has gone now.
Can you advise what I can do to get it back?
Thanks again for a great plugin..
Dave
Thank you for the plugin! Now every post has a picture
thats really cool!!!
Hey,
Everything works fantastic! I had one quick concern/question though – If I use decoratr the picture links to the original source, which is of course ok. But, I would like to disable this on the homepage. Instead, I’d prefer that clicking on the picture opens the post. Is this functionality available?
The plugin is working, but every post I run this on shows me a group of photo options labeled “undefined (tag)”. Those photos are always the same. Why am I getting that “undefined” grouping?
Works great, thank you
I’ve used this plugin in the past on another site and loved it. However, I’ve installed on a new site with WP 2.7 and I keep getting a “cannot connect to Flickr” error.
Could you please let me know what the problem could be?
Thanks in advance
Breaks WP2.8.1 by fouling up the edit box for pages. Edit for posts works OK. Deactivating it got me working again.
Please get the latest version. If there are still any problems let me know.
I have released a new version which works properly with page editor and fixes some other bugs.
I’ve updated to the latest version, and I still continue to get the “cannot connect to Flickr” error.
Any idea what else to look at?
Thanks,
Barbara
Setbacks – CURL
Ain’t there nothing that don’t require cURL.
Mine was working just fine, and just one day stopped. I keep getting “cannot connect to flickr” error. I have the latest decoratr version. I also tried deleting it and reinstalling. No go.
Just not sure what to try. Any suggestions? It was my favorite plug in.
Side note: I am currently running Wordpress 3.0, but decoratr stopped working before I upgraded.
It would be neat if you could change the tags it looks for…e.g. allow me to specify a custom search term. Past that, looks good!
Hi and thanks for a fantastic plugin!
Is there any way possible to automatically insert a picture based on a keyword? What I am looking for is a way to automatically show one relevant picture under a specific tag, such as the tag “cats”. By adding code into archives.php?
All help highly appreciated!