My feed got flooded! Sorry!
I was testing out a new plugin (Shared Items Post) for sharing my Google Reader shared items as a daily post when I had a bit of a snafu, which resulted in anyone subscribed to the blog by RSS or email receiving 14+ versions of the same post.
I’m sorry I didn’t update on this sooner. Between work and deleting the 700+ versions of the same entry which the plugin created, things have been a bit busy.
FYI, as far as I can tell the plugin itself is solid and is not the cause of the issue. It’s a conflict between the plugin and one of the many others I use and it will take some investigating to figure out which one.
Again, sorry if you received multiple versions of the same post. Normal service will resume ASAP!
Thanks to TDavid for the heads-up about the flooded feed. Lesson to be learned here is always subscribe to your own feed (as I do) and check it regularly (which I didn’t)!
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November 29th, 2008 at 02:39
That is a major bummer. But I’ve been seeing a number of these types of WordPress snafus recently (I’ve been having a problem with blog comments sometimes not taking at all). I wish WordPress would get serious about testing the releases and the plugins as this type of stuff is unacceptable in an enterprise environment. Argh, sometimes they are their own worst enemy.
December 2nd, 2008 at 02:08
@David - Marketing Management Strategy: The thing here is that it’s not actually the fault of WordPress. Just like thousands of other plugins this one was written by a 3rd party to fill a gap and give back to the community. You can’t expect enterprise level testing and support from enthusiast plugin writers.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:53
Some of the plug-ins won’t work sometimes it seems.But don’t worry it should get rectified after some review with the wordpress..Thanks for the info..
December 6th, 2008 at 06:42
One of my buddies is always talking about your blog at work - finally came and checked it out today, nice work! I’m subscribing to your rss feed - keep on posting!
December 26th, 2008 at 12:33
I just learned from your lesson here. I’m not a subscriber to my own feed. Never entered my mind. You bet, I’ll be subscribing after leaving a warm appreciation for you. Plugins are still mysterious to me so I only add one when a friend explained what it does. Thank you very much for sharing your experiences.