CDN Tools (v0.9x and higher) is now compatible with WordPress 2.8+ and features a wide variety of reliability upgrades for various installation quirks. I will be testing it shortly with WP 2.9 and expect to have a compatible version out prior to that release. There are also some fun new features in the pipeline that will hopefully see the light of day in the next few weeks.

Regarding Fidgetr; I have decided to port the widget to the new WP 2.8 multi-widget API (which is adapted from the firetree multi-widget class). While doing so I discovered that my previous assumptions about a single Fidgetr widget per WordPress page made porting quite difficult. This necessitated an almost total rewrite of the core (and major modifications to the accompanying themes). At this time I have the new widget mostly working, but there are many cosmetic bugs to resolve with the themes. That said, I’m excited to offer this feature for those who desire it. I have no targeted release date, but Fidgetr 2.0 will require WP 2.8+. Fidgetr 1.3.5 is almost certainly the last 2.7 compatible release.

1) Enable advanced options and choose “remove JS”.
2) Upgrade to 2.8
3) Reload JS (if desired)

Additionally, deleting attachments does not work properly at this time due to an improvement in the wp_delete_attachment hook for 2.8. I’ll be releasing an update to correct both of these issues as soon as possible.

• Incremented version to 1.0 to catch users stuck at versions earlier than 0.6.1. Welcome back to the cutting edge!
• Reworked the crossfade theme JS to fix some bugs and dramatically simplify the code.
• Photoset support! Display your latest photos or photos from a photoset.
• Removed requirement for allow_url_fopen. Fidgetr now tries to use the cURL libraries first.
• Added an AJAX check to warn the user if their Flickr username/email is invalid.
• Added some advanced CSS in the default theme (visible in Safari 4 only)
• Fixed a quote issue with fetching comments, thanks lupinehorror!
• Preliminary i18n support
• Better compatibility
• Quite a few minor fixes not listed.

Check out the Fidgetr homepage to download it. Next up on the block, a major update to CDN Tools…

Fidgetr is a WordPress widget that displays the latest photos from your Flickr photostream in an attractive manner.  It features support for its own themes along with very simple setup and good compatibility with various WordPress themes.  I will likely continue to announce releases here, but Fidgetr’s homepage will always have the latest news. The code is hosted via subversion on wordpress.org and is licensed under the GPL. I welcome any improvements and/or theme contributions!

A big thanks goes out to the following people:
Matt Pennig for his invaluable assistance with various javascript and CSS questions.
Major Hayden for testing the widget and tolerating my constant chattering about WP plugin development.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions feel free to leave them here or on Fidgetr’s homepage.