WordPress Mobile Edition (WordPress Plugin) Help, Answers and Customization

FAQs / Tips / Common Issues

Is this compatible with the WordPress auto-upgrade feature?

No. This plugin requires the placement of the included Carrington Mobile theme into the themes directory. This may be adjusted in the future, but for now it requires a manual upgrade so that the theme is placed in the proper location. #

What if I am receiving an error message about the plugin/theme being incorrectly installed?

This is likely because the theme that comes with the plugin has not been uploaded properly or the theme folder name has been changed. The downloaded zip file comes with a folder in it called carrington-mobile-# (i.e. carrington-mobile-1.0.2). This folder must be uploaded to your wp-content/themes directory with the full folder name being preserved. #

Installation Instructions

Drop the wp-mobile.php file in your wp-content/plugins directory
Drop the carrington-mobile-(version #) directory in your wp-content/themes directory
Click the 'Activate' link for WordPress Mobile Edition on your Plugins page (in the WordPress admin interface)

FAQ

Is this compatible with the WP plugin auto-upgrade feature?

No. The mobile theme needs to be moved to your themes directory and the WP plugin auto-upgrade does not do this. For this reason, please follow the installation instructions here.

Is this compatible with WP (Super) Cache?

Yes, it is compatible with WP Super Cache 0.9 (using WP Cache mode).

Does this create a mobile admin interface too?

No, it does not.

Does this serve a mobile interface to mobile web search crawlers?

Yes, to Google and Yahoo mobile search crawlers. You can add any others by adding their user agents in the plugin's Settings page.

Does this support iPhones and other "touch" browsers?

Yes, as of version 3.0. There is a customized interface for advanced mobile browsers and special styling to make things "finger-sized" for touch browsers.

My mobile device isn't automatically detected, what do I do?

Visit the settings page and use the link there to identify your mobile browser's User Agent.

Then add that to the list of mobile browsers in your settings.

Does this conflict with other iPhone theme plugins?

Not fundamentally. If you remove the iPhone from the list of detected browsers, then the other iPhone theme should work as normal.

Does this support pages too?

Yes, it does.

Can I create a link that forces someone to see the mobile version?

Yes, this is included as an experimental feature in version 2.1. The link can be added to your theme by using the akm_mobile_link() template tag:

<?php in (function_exists('cfmobi_mobile_link') { cfmobi_mobile_link(); } ?>

Note that this does not work if you have WP Cache enabled.

Why are recent posts shown on every page?

This is a feature of the plugin to allow easy access to recent content.

How do I customize the display of the mobile interface?

The contents of the wp-mobile folder are a standard WordPress theme. Any changes you make there will affect the display of the mobile interface.

Changelog

3.1

Added changelog
Added filter to enable other plugins to participate in mobile checking
Added hook to enable other plugins to add to the settings page

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