Title: Message Flow Author: Captin Shmit Published: Onwa-abö 21, 2012 Last modified: Onwa-iri na atö 14, 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/message-flow.svg) # Message Flow By [Captin Shmit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/captin-shmit/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/message-flow.1.1.8.zip) * [Details](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/#description) * [Reviews](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/#installation) * [Development](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/) ## Description Message Flow provides you with a shortcode you can use on your posts and pages to display your posts in a JavaScript widget powered by [ContentFlow](http://www.jacksasylum.eu/ContentFlow/). It even supports podcast integration with [PowerPress](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/) and external podcast feeds. #### Usage Show the ten latest posts: [message_flow] Show the ten latest podcast episodes: [message_flow podcasts_only=”true”] Show the five latest posts from category number 11: [message_flow numberposts=” 5″ category=”11″] Show the three latest posts from an external feed: [message_flow numberposts=”3″ feed=”http://example.com/feed.rss”] Disable excerpts: [message_flow show_excerpt=”false”] Default parameters: [message_flow numberposts=”10″ category=”” podcasts_only=”FALSE” download_link_rel=”” permalink_link_rel=”” show_excerpt=”TRUE” excerpt_length=”10″ readmore_text=”Continue reading…” order=”DESC”] #### Defining the thumbnails (Album Art) The thumbnails used in the widget are taken from the posts’ featured images. In the event that a podcast does not have a featured image available, Message Flow will check the following locations for a suitable fallback image: 1. A URL to the fallback image in the shortcode: `[message_flow fallback_image="http:// example.com/default_image.png"]` 2. If you’re using the [PowerPress](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/) podcasting plugin, the default image will be taken from the iTunes image. PowerPress users can configure this in the “iTunes Feed Settings” section of PowerPress’ configuration.(/ wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_basic.php) 3. In your theme’s directory. Just make sure it’s 165 pixels square and named “unknown- album_165.png” ## Screenshots * [[ * Simply add the shortcode to your post or page * [[ * The Message Flow widget will be placed wherever you put the shortcode ## Installation Extract the zip file and drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the plugin from the “Plugins” page. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Message Flow” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Captin Shmit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/captin-shmit/) * [ j ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe-anzalone/) * [ blubrry ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blubrry/) * [ Angelo Mandato ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amandato/) [Translate “Message Flow” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/message-flow) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/message-flow/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/message-flow/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/message-flow/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/message-flow/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.8 * Released on 06/14/2016 * Tested for WordPress 4.5+ * Added shortcode option `message_flow`. * Shortcode option `message-flow` still supported, but keep in mind `message_flow` is preferred. Shortcodes with dashes also match shortcodes before the slash, e.g. message is also a shortcode when dash is present. Underscore does not have this problem. #### 1.1.7 * Added excerpt_length and readmore_text parameters to shortcode #### 1.1.6 * Fixed undefined variable warning when WP_DEBUG is enabled #### 1.1.5 * Automatically truncate long posts so widget doesn’t become too large * Added “show_excerpt” parameter * Fixed “Invalid argument supplied” warning #### 1.1.4 * Added support for regular posts that lack an associated podcast episode * Added “podcasts_only” parameter: `[message_flow podcasts_only="true"]` #### 1.1.3 * Fixed bug where post content would be inaccurate for some episodes within widget #### 1.1.2 * Fixed WP_DEBUG errors that appear when site has no podcast episodes #### 1.1.1 * Fixed WP_DEBUG errors * Added screenshots * Added more usage examples #### 1.1 * First public release ## Meta * Version **1.1.8** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/) * Tags * [podcast](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/podcast/)[rss](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rss/) [syndication](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syndication/) * [Advanced View](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/message-flow/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Captin Shmit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/captin-shmit/) * [ j ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe-anzalone/) * [ blubrry ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blubrry/) * [ Angelo Mandato ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amandato/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/message-flow/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://JoeAnzalone.com)