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IRC/wp-doc-bot

wp-doc-bot is an IRC bot designed for the WordPress and WordPress Mu IRC channels on freenode.

Usage

COMMAND DESCRIPTION
 !codex [search text] Return link to documentation from http://codex.wordpress.org/
 !phpxref [search text] Return link to function in PHPXref
 !phpdoc [search text] Return link to function in PHPDoc
 !doc [search text] Return link to results page from http://wplookup.com/
 !plugin [search text] Return link to a plugin based on the search text
 !theme [search text] Return link to a theme based on the search text
 !g [search text] Perform a Google search on the search text and return a result
 !generator [site url] Return the version reported by the generator meta tag
 !md5 [string] Return the md5 hash of a string
 !ask Tell user to just ASK!
 !gpl Return some links explaining the GPL
 !link Ask the user to give a link to their site
 !error Ask the user to give the error that they reported having seen
 !try Tell the user to try it and see
 !donthack Tell user to never hack core files
 !fish Explain why we will only point people in the right direction
 !paste List paste guidlines and list location where multi-line pastes can be placed
 !count List the number of downloads for the current major stable version of WordPress so far
 !download List the download location for the latest stable and nightly versions of WordPress
 !guidelines List the location of the #wordpress IRC channel guidelines
 !showcase Returns a link to the WordPress.org Showcase
 !pagetpl Returns a link to the Codex entry about page templates
 !tplhierarchy Returns a link to the Codex entry about template hierarchy
 !ops [offending nick] [optional description] Page all OPs of #wordpress of an issue with a user including an optional description of the problem
 !seen [nick] Tell the user the last time that nick was seen
 !tell [nick] [message] Leave a message to be delivered the next time we see the nick
 !wpmu Tell user of the correct channel for WordPress Mu support
 !wordpress.com Tell user of the correct channel for WordPress.com support
 !help Send the requester a private message with the link to this help document

These commands can only be used publicly in #wordpress and #wpmu.

This bot accepts both ! (exclamation) and . (period) as its command character.

The output of most of these commands can be redirected to a specified user by using the > character followed by the users nick.

Examples

  •  !codex get_pages > JohnDoe
  •  !link > JohnDoe

Credits

The bot and documentation are managed by Matt 'sivel' Martz