Simple microblogging

This simple plugin allows you to easily post short messages such as thoughts and updates. These messages will not appear in your stream of posts; instead you can display them in a widget in yours sidebar. You can also display them in any post or page by using the [microblog] shortcode.

To get started, just look for the new Microposts administration panel in your dashboard. Click Add new and then compose a short message in the same way that you normally compose your posts. If you give the micropost a title, then it will be displayed in bold and used as the first few words of the micropost.

Then, either add the widget to your sidebar or add the [microblog] shortcode into your site, and that’s it!

The [microblog] shortcode supports several options:

• num: The number of microposts t…