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* The latest release is [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download/wpLicense-0.6.0.zip wpLicense 0.6.0]
 
* The latest release is [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download/wpLicense-0.6.0.zip wpLicense 0.6.0]
 
* Previous releases are available from [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download the download page].
 
* Previous releases are available from [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download the download page].
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== Install ==
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* Follow the download link above for the lastest release.  You'll end up with a file named something like <code>wpLicense-0.6.0.zip</code>.
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* Unzip the file into your WordPress plugin's directory.  How you go about this will vary based on how you have your web host configured and how you can access it (i.e. via FTP, SSH, etc).  See the WordPress [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins Plugin Management] documentation for details.  For example, if you're working from the command line:
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  $ cd ~/blog
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  $ cd wp-content/plugins
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  $ unzip ''/the/directory/you/downloaded/to/''wpLicense-0.6.0.zip
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* After unzipping the download, log into your WordPress administration panel and click the '''Plugins''' tab.  Click the '''Activate''' link to the right of WpLicense.  This will enable the plugin.
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* Go to the '''Options''' tab, and click the '''Content License''' sub-tab to select your license.  You can begin the selection process by clicking the '''(select)''' link.
  
 
== Additional Information ==
 
== Additional Information ==

Revision as of 12:39, 13 July 2006


wpLicense is a plugin for WordPress which allows users to select a Creative Commons license for their blog and content. In addition to the administration interface, wpLicense provides three template functions which may be used to insert the license information into templates. wpLicense was developed by Nathan Yergler and is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. See the WpLicense Developer page for development information.

wpLicense admininstration page (full size).

System Requirements

  • PHP 4 or PHP 5
  • allow_url_fopen enabled (to allow retrieval of web service information)

Download

Install

  • Follow the download link above for the lastest release. You'll end up with a file named something like wpLicense-0.6.0.zip.
  • Unzip the file into your WordPress plugin's directory. How you go about this will vary based on how you have your web host configured and how you can access it (i.e. via FTP, SSH, etc). See the WordPress Plugin Management documentation for details. For example, if you're working from the command line:
  $ cd ~/blog
  $ cd wp-content/plugins
  $ unzip /the/directory/you/downloaded/to/wpLicense-0.6.0.zip
  • After unzipping the download, log into your WordPress administration panel and click the Plugins tab. Click the Activate link to the right of WpLicense. This will enable the plugin.
  • Go to the Options tab, and click the Content License sub-tab to select your license. You can begin the selection process by clicking the (select) link.

Additional Information

Known Issues

  • When allow_url_fopen is not enabled, wpLicense will silently fail