[EDIT: Please go to my software page for the newest version of this plugin]
I wrote my first WordPress Plugin today! It adds a table to the bottom of every post that talks about a stock, with links to their Yahoo, Google, and StockTickr pages. So, for instance, since this post mentions International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), you should see a table at the bottom with IBM in it. It keys off that parenthetical expression.
Other updates are on the left sidebar… I put a recent comments section, and my StockTickr feed. Also, I think the site renders decently on all common browsers, now. I know there are a few cosmetic glitches if the window is too small, but it’s completely readable now as far as I know. Please let me know if you are having any problems.
If you want to use the plugin, you can download it from this location. Just put it in your wp-content/plugins folder, and activate the plugin. Whenever you mention a stock like so: (Exchange: SYMBOL) in your post for NYSE or Nasdaq, it knows to create links. If you don’t like that format for your posts… you can always put an html comment in the post like <!- – (NYSE: CSX) (Nasdaq: SUNW) – ->, so that part won’t be visible, but the table will still get generated.
[...] Richard over at Move the Markets wrote a nice plugin for Wordpress that scans your post for stocks you’ve mentioned and automatically creates a table at the bottom of the post with convenient links to Google Finance, Yahoo! Finance, and StockTickr for each stock. Here’s a snapshot I took. [...]
[...] Richard has used StockTickr for a few months now. He signed up for StockTickr Pro a few weeks back and since then he has been a constant nag (kidding, of course!) source of ideas and improvements to the site. It was obvious from the suggestions he was making that he “dug” StockTickr and realized how he could use StockTickr Pro to improve his own trading. He even created a Wordpress plugin for StockTickr (and other sites) without any coaxing from me! [...]