Title: Kramer
Author: nik
Published: <strong>May 28, 2005</strong>
Last modified: March 15, 2007

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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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# Kramer

 By [nik](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nik/)

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

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

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## Description

Kramer will add inbound links to a post on your weblog as pingbacks without the 
need for the author of the post on blog A to send a ping to blog B by using both
Technorati and by monitoring incoming referrers.

What this means is that pingback, trackback and other post-pinging tools are no 
longer required, as all links to a post will be found and shown as pingbacks. To
show links to the main weblog, or to other pages in general, a function called `
kramer_inbound()` is provided. It can be used in WordPress templates to display 
a list of the latest inbound links to that page. It is usually included in the sidebar
of a blog and can be fully configured via the Kramer administration interface.

### Support and Updates

To debug your Kramer install, view the HTML source on any page, and scroll down 
to the bottom where Kramer produces its debug output as a HTML comment. Within the
debug output any errors are reported, as well as a trace of the request to Technorati
and any comment actions.

To submit a bug, feature request or support ticket fill in the ticket form found
at:

[http://dev.wp-plugins.org/newticket?component=kramer](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/newticket?component=kramer)

### Contributors

 * Nik Cubrilovic – original author
 * Mark Jaquith – current maintainer
 * Firas – testing, ideas
 * Kevin Marks – support from Technorati and ideas

### License

Copyright 2005-2007 Nik Cubrilovic [nik@nik.com.au](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kramer/nik@nik.com.au?output_format=md)
and Mark Jaquith [mark.gpl@txfx.net](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kramer/mark.gpl@txfx.net?output_format=md)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this
program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite
330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

## Installation

 1. The zip archive contains two files, `README.txt` and `kramer.php`. Place kramer.
    php in your blogs wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 2. Once there, log into your weblog’s administration console, click on plugins and
    then activate the Kramer plugin.
 3. Click on Options then Kramer to view the Kramer options page
 4. Under the API Key section, follow the link to Technorati to get an API key and 
    insert the key into the field provided.
 5. Your installation is now complete. If there are incoming links to a post they should
    appear immediately.

## FAQ

  How can this plugin help me?

It will show every post linking to your posts, in the form of comments or pingbacks.
The blog post linking to yours does not need to ping your post for the comment to
be shown in your weblog. This means that by default you can carry out conversatios
between blogs.

  Is there a limitation on using Technorati?

Yes, the limit is 500 queries per day, per API key. It is recommended that the cache
time is set to 4-6 hours.

  How does the cache work?

The cache time is the time taken between reqests to Technorati for new inbound links
for a post, for each post.

  How do can I include inbound links for a page in my sidebar?

Simply edit your template, and at the position that you want the list of inbound
links place `<?php kramer_inbound(); ?>`

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ nik ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nik/)
 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **0.7.7**
 *  Last updated **19 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.0.9**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/kramer/)
 * Tags
 * [links](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/)[pingback](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pingback/)
   [Technorati](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/technorati/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kramer/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ nik ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nik/)
 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

## Support

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