Post screenshots to Wordpress blogs with a Firefox add-on

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Post screenshots to Wordpress blogs with a Firefox add-on

by Lee Mathews Nov 24th 2008

On my list of 14 extremely useful Firefox addons I included ScreenGrab for capturing web pages to PNG or JPG images.

Today, I replaced it with Screen Grab to Wordpress. As you probably guessed, it's got the same core functionality with one major addition: the ability to send images directly to your Wordpress-powered blog.

Configure the URL, username, and password to all your Wordpress blogs an you're ready to go (just make sure you have XML-RPC remote publishing enabled).

Click the icon in your Firefox status bar to display SGW's menu and choose what to capture and where to send it. You can save locally, copy to the clipboard, or post directly to Wordpress.

If you're blogging a capture, you can enter a title, tags, body text, and even set your new post to publish - if you don't check the box, the post defaults to draft status. After successfully uploading, you're taken directly to the Wordpress edit page to put the finishing touches on your new post.

With less than 600 downloads to date, this one is a bit of a diamond in the rough. It's a tremendous timesaver for anyone blogging about items discovered while browsing with Firefox.

Tags: addons, blog, blogging, extension, firefox, screengrab, screenshot, wordpress

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kyoko said 4:53PM on 11-24-2008

I love it!
Experimental sadly, but I'm a patient person.
The most important one is the "Selection" image capture and for me it is currently not working. The full page and the "Visible" portion works like a charm.

Steve said 10:00AM on 11-25-2008

Its sweet... if only it auto resized or created a thumbnail link. I'm so greedy.

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