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Artistography

Organizes a portfolio of music, videos, and images on your blog/website with PayPal eCommerce.

By MistahWrite·Media·Free
3.5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Artistography is a WordPress media plugin with 10 active installations and a 3.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Safe SVG.

3.5/52 reviews
10active installs
5.2K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Allows you to organize music, pictures/images, and videos on an artist page. The artist page has jQuery-UI style tabs, and polls tags on posts for the artist’s name and then files them into the Related Posts tab. It utilizes soundmanager2 and displays free songs on a player on the website. Recommended for use with Advanced AJAX Page Loader. This is a constant work in progress, and is evolving into an incredible plugin for musicians or record labels.

Uses for FTP and file browsing capability:
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/encode-explorer/ (version 6.3)
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/zupload/

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Ratings & Reviews

3.52 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

=0.3.3-alpha2=
*Moved SoundManager2 to SoundManager2 folder.
*Updated SM2 to latest github master.
*Added dispatch to utils.events in SM2 Bar-UI.
*Listen for dispatched events I placed in setTitle and menu click.
*Using $pagenow global to prevent sm2-bar-ui from showing up on wp-login.php.
*Using playItemByOffset(offset) on play button click to play playlist.

=0.3.3-alpha=
*Fixed bug where soundmanager2 bar-ui wasn’t showing up unless logged in
*Playlist dynamically updates on play button press… Loads song/album into bar-ui
*Does play links that you click, but still unstable with known defects regarding not being able to pause/stop playback when initiating playback from artistography methods

=0.3.2=
*AJAX Shopping Cart, removed standard post method

=0.3.2-alpha=
*Fixed a ton of bugs/notices/warnings indicated by WP_DEBUG
*Added Products widget
*Fixed shopping cart/checkout cart where more than one item does not show up
*Fixed shopping cart where quantity of any download will never exceed 1
*Updated small section of the About page

=0.3.1=
*Added shopping cart widget
*Added loadAlbumArtRefresh() to update album art when menu button is pressed on soundmanager2

=0.3.1-alpha5=
*Add [artistography_playlist] shortcode
*Fixed shuffle of soundmanager2 playlist items

=0.3.1-alpha4=
*Show album art in soundmanager2 playlist

=0.3.1-alpha3=
*Added song/album linker

=0.3.1-alpha2=
*Added thickbox

=0.3.1-alpha=
*Added AJAX Loader Option in case using Advanced AJAX Page Loader, WordPress AJAXIFY or the like to include scripts/styles on all pages so they are there if needed

=0.3.0=
*Randomize soundmanager2 playlist order
*Added stylesheet for soundmanager2

=0.3.0-alpha5=
*Properly displays explicit tag in soundmanager2 player

=0.3.0-alpha4=
*Added Track number/explicit fields to song class

=0.3.0-alpha3=
*Fixed some minor bugs breaking release

=0.3.0-alpha2=
*Added soundmanager v2.97
*Fixed minor bug in Music Manager related to not getting next node for Download selector
*Added Songs class/admin manager
*Free songs load into soundmanager playlist to play on the site
*Fixed artists display script

=0.2.8=
*Fixed Updated/Edit Gallery Posts
*Fixed Order manager table colspan

=0.2.8-alpha10=
*AJAX Music Manager
*Orders page now has filter and AJAX Viewer
*Worked on Gallery Edit

=0.2.8-alpha9=
*Dialog window to view orders in detail

=0.2.8-alpha8=
*Added parent_txn_id to orders table

=0.2.8-alpha7=
*Added most of the paypal options we may need for a full store later

=0.2.8-alpha5=
*Updated Orders class to support new database options

=0.2.8-alpha3=
*Updated Orders admin panel

=0.2.8-alpha2=
*Changed database for orders and tweaked to get it working
*Added Business Name option

=0.2.7=
*Using curl for PayPal IPN and reading raw POST data instead

=0.2.6=
*Updated small bugs in cart

=0.2.3=
*Changed jQuery for Artist picture hover to fadeIn fadeOut and added Image Gallerie to stats
*Working on PayPAl IPN

=0.2.2=
*Still working on Gallery manager

=0.2.1-alpha5=
*Working on Gallery Manager
*Added Lightbox/Colorbox Gallery Styles

=0.2.1-alpha4=
*Got Gallery Manager working

=0.2.1-alpha3=
*Setup add to cart/download link shower to display download link if logged in user paid for it already
*Pass IPN URL permalink to PayPal
*Add artist photos from media library
*Added Image Galleries tab/code
*Added specific script adder to use separate .js files per admin page

=0.2.1-alpha2=
*Fixed bug in IPN handler
*Added User ID to Orders admin interface table

=0.2.1-alpha=
*Fixed bug in insert music album script preventing music from being added

=0.2.1=
*Added security and Orders processed checking to Downloads

=0.2.0=
*Finished Orders class and Orders tab fully functional
*Added PayPal Sandbox for testing option to Options menu

=0.1.9=
*Added price to albums and removed enable state, featured state, and free downloads enabled state
*Added IPN, Orders, and Thank You pages for ordering and hid them
*Updated Cart, Checkout, Orders, and Thank you for ordering pages to have no comments/pingbacks
*Added session_start() to main plugin file to resume $_SESSION
*Added “Add to Cart” images to music instead of Download image link when price is not free
*Got Cart/Checkout working
*Added Orders Admin menu
*Completed Instant Payment Notifications (IPN) code

=0.1.8=
*Add Sale class
*Working on Cart/Checkout system

=0.1.7=
*Created cart and checkout page and hid them
*Fixed download script to point to the proper directory

=0.1.6=
*Fixed copy explorer to downloads path

=0.1.5=
*Updated FTP Uploader and downloads directory because downloads directory in plugin folder is deleted upon update

=0.1.4=
*Fixed directory to files
*Changed FTP Password to Password textbox
*Fixed Downloads admin interface

=0.1.3=
*Fixed FTP Uploader … Misplaced semi-colon broke page in last version
*Fixed enqueue scripts/styles directories
*Added Download class/undocumented shortcode
*Changed Download URL handler to utilize shortcode and Download class
*Added PayPal Donation Email option for download page

=0.1.2=
* Fixed script logic on deactivate/uninstall to preserve_database

=0.1.1=
* Fixed options screen
* Used preserve_database option in uninstall
* Fixed delete track_list database table
* Fixed install script logic

=0.1.0=
* Added ZUpload from sourceforge instead of unlimited_ftp
* Added eXtplorer 2.1.5 from sourceforge for PHP file browser
* Fixed options screen

=0.0.9=
* Removed track_list database and support routines
* Removed stats page
* Moved Options page towards the bottom
* Made textbox into textarea for artist description
* Fixed FTP Uploader page with plugins_url()

=0.0.8=
* Updated style for admin panels
* Worked on AJAX Artist Create, Edit, Update, and Delete Artist
* Dropped artist birthday from database
* Dropped support for regular post methods for artist create, edit, and update
* Preparing for full internationalization support
* Finally using $artist->incrementPageViewsById($id) when shortcode is used: [artistography_display_artist_page id=x]
* Displaying artist page views in manage artist admin panel

=0.0.7-alpha=
* Fixed Related Posts size so that accordions would be visible

0.0.7

  • Split up css for admin and display site
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
0.3.3-alpha2
Last Updated
Mar 16, 2015
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
5.2K+
Added
Feb 3, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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MistahWrite
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