Title: catnip
Author: Lew Ayotte
Published: <strong>June 20, 2012</strong>
Last modified: June 21, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# catnip

 By [Lew Ayotte](https://profiles.wordpress.org/layotte/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/catnip.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catnip/)

## Description

catnip enables you to add cute and funny images of random cats in your WordPress
theme sidebar or in any page with the catnip shortcode.

Current API functionality built into catnip from [The Cat API](http://thecatapi.com/):

 * Currently the only functionality built into catnip is the ability to get 1-100
   random images from [The Cat API’s](http://thecatapi.com/) “get” method.

This plugin is part of the [Free WP Training](http://wptraining.lewayotte.com) I
offered at UGA. Check out the site for the 4 day training videos and resources.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `catnip` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  Is it Caturday today?

It is now!

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“catnip” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this 
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Lew Ayotte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/layotte/)

[Translate “catnip” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/catnip)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catnip/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/catnip/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catnip/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catnip/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * General bug fixes

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release of catnip.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/)
 * Tags
 * [cats](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cats/)[shortcode](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
   [widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catnip/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Lew Ayotte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/layotte/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catnip/)