New WordPress plug-in released: TransferTweaks
WordPress Theme switching can be a pain
WordPress Themes are great but can present numerious issues when you decide it time to change to a new one. If you are like me, you may not be satisfied with a stock theme and tend to do a little “tweaking” after the fact. At a minimum, I always add a number of tracking scripts (Google Analytics, MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog) to the head section (<head></head>) of my blog allowing me to track site usage. The problem with “tweaking” is that every time I change templates I need to transfer these “tweaks” to my new theme. This process is not that difficult but can be rather time consuming (and can also lend itself to error).
My solution
With that being said, I thought it was time to investigate an automated solution. I searched for a plug-in that could move my tweaks to a new theme upon theme activation but was unable to find anything remotely close…so I decided to roll my own solution.
I created a plug-in that takes your code tweaks and stores the in the WordPress database. From there the plug-in hooks into The Loop so that the tweaked code shows up on each page (head, footer, and sidebar). I also added a feature that allows you to turn your tweaked code on/off. This feature is useful if you have a sandboxed WordPress installation (used to test template changes before moving them to your production server)…and don’t want to skew your stats by repeated testing.
If you are interested in downloading this plug-in you can get it here:
Download TransferTweaks 1.1 WordPress Plug-in
Ok, that’s something I’ve GOTTA try…