Version 2.0 adds 5 new tweaks, removes 13 outdated tweaks, fixes a few tweaks that broke between WordPress 2.5 and 3.1, adheres to new plugin development best practices that have emerged since WP 2.5, adds an instant search bar, and ups the minimum WordPress requirement from 2.1 to 3.1 (quite the jump!).

For those who aren’t familiar with the plugin, WordPress Tweaks gathers a plethora of assorted options into a convenient list of checkboxes and dropdowns. (WordPress Tweaks is in the same vein as Microsoft’s abandoned TweakUI program, for those who remember it.)

Here’s the current list of supported tweaks:

• Admin
  • Automatically scroll to the post editor
  • Disable the admin bar
  • Disable the Dashboard
  • Disable the “Search Engines Blocked” notice
  • Disable tag autocomplete
  • Disable WordPress’s admin footer text/links
• Comments and Pings
  • Disable self-pinging
  • Dofollow comment author links
  • Dofollow comment body links
  • Open external comment links in new windows
• Media
  • Disable the Flash uploader
  • Default media inserter tab
    • From Computer
    • From URL
    • Gallery
    • Media Library
  • JPEG Quality
• Posts
  • Disable post revisions
  • Force excerpts on archives
  • Open external post links in new windows
  • Add a “Continue reading” link to excerpts

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Ready to start tweaking? Just enter the homepage URL of your WordPress site:

• Added the “Automatically scroll to the post editor” tweak (based on the WriteScroll plugin)
• Removed unnecessary JavaScript HTTP calls (hat tip to user Doug)
• Removed unused code
• Added a POT file to the plugin distribution
• Fixed a WordPress 2.6 compatibility bug (reported by user Chris)
• Other minor enhancements

Learn more about WordPress Tweaks or download the latest version here!

• Internationalization support for all strings
• Nonce support for the administration interface to guard against unauthorized changes
• Other minor enhancements and fixes

For those who aren’t familiar with WordPress Tweaks, it is a multi-purpose plugin specializing in simple toggle-on/off changes. It adds many useful settings pertaining to comments, posts, SEO, security, the administration back-end, and much more.

Learn more or download the latest version

• Admin: Disable the Dashboard
• Security: Disable directory listing for my plugins folder

WordPress Tweaks now includes a total of 23 toggle-on/off settings spanning SEO, administration, security, posts, and comments.

Download the latest version here

Download the latest version here

If you run into any bugs, let me know in the comments!

With this update, the version number has been moved from 0.1.2 to 1.0. This does not indicate a major update, but rather is a reflection that the plugin is tested and stable.

The 1.0 version focuses on WordPress 2.5 compatibility. The plugin should now work with the plugin auto-updater in WordPress 2.5. In addition, the WordPress 2.3-specific tweaks are now clearly marked as such.

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Of course, please let me know if you run into any bugs.

Introducing WordPress Tweaks: a plugin that adds a variety of extra toggle-on/off options to WordPress.

Check out the plugin’s homepage for the tweaks list, which includes changing “Blogroll” back to “Links” in the admin menus, opening external post links in new windows (using JavaScript, so it’s XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant), adding “nofollow” to the “Register” and “Login” links, and much more.

The plugin is at version 0.1 right now. Do you have any tweaks you’d like to see added to future versions? Let me know in the comments! (And of course, let me know if you find any bugs too.)