WP Grins – Lite
23. Jun, 2008 
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A while back, when I released the new commenting section for this blog, one of the requests was the inclusion of smilies.
I installed WP Grins, but the overhead of the Prototype library was immediately noticable on the site.
Since I was already using jQuery here, it was apparent I wanted to port the plugin over.
I worked on a “lite” version on Friday, and talked to Alex King to see if it was okay to give you guys a download. He mentioned that he would be happy to do an update to the existing plugin, but had to do his own internal testing to make sure the lite version wouldn’t break blogs.
Until Alex is able to make an official release, I’m going to post a download link here for you all to check out.
Download Link
Here is the download link for WP Grins Lite.
The only difference between this plugin and the original is the use of the jQuery library.
Installation Instructions
Unzip the “wp-grins-lite.zip” file and copy the “wp-grins-lite” folder into your WordPress plugins directory.
From there, just activate the plugin in your admin plugin options.
WordPress Versions
This plugin has only been tested on WP 2.5, but there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work for 2.2+ installations.
Conclusion
WP Grins Lite is simply a port from the Prototype library to jQuery. The functionality should still be the same, but the footprint lighter.
