The IP Tools plugin provides a number of ways to control the content displayed
to the visitor depending on whether they have connected to the server
via IPv4 or IPv6.
IPv6 is slowly being adopted, and will eventually replace IPv4.
There is plenty of information on this topic on the internet --
on
Wikipedia, for example.
Suggestions for more things to add to this tool box will be welcome.
Shortcodes
Place these shortcodes in your posts and pages.
[ipt_address] is replaced by the visitor's IP address.[ipt_ipv6logo width=80px] is replaced by an IPv6 logo (from the
World IPv6 Launch website)
displayed with the given width. The default width is 64 pixels: the width can be
specified in any CSS length unit.[ipt_ipv6only]...text...[/ipt_ipv6only] displays the text only if IPv6 is in use.[ipt_ipv4only]...text...[/ipt_ipv4only] displays the text only if IPv4 is in use.
Other shortcodes can be nested within these last two.
Note that shortcodes can be used in text widgets, but only if the theme includes
the necessary filter.
If shortcodes in widgets are not working in your current theme,
you need to modify your WordPress theme and put the following
code into the "functions.php" file of the theme.
Thanks to the
Lost in Code website for this tip.
CSS Classes
IP Tools creates CSS which can be used to hide any HTML element depending on whether IPv4 or IPv6 is in use.
It defines classes
ipt_ipv4only and
ipt_ipv6only which basically do what they say: the element
with that class is modified with
display: none if the visitor's IP address is in the other IP domain.
For example, if you included the following HTML in a page, post, or widget
only the relevant section of text would be displayed to the user.
You've come to this webpage via IPv4 --
that's
so last century.
Well done! You're enjoying the modern wonders of IPv6.
Widgets
So far, IP Tools just provides one small widget called 'IP Tools Address' that displays the visitor's IP address -- something like
'IPv4 address: 12.34.56.78' or 'IPv6 address: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'.
The title of the widget can be changed from its default value of 'IP Tools'.
Installation is very simple
- Download the plugin and extract it to your WordPress plugin directory (
.../wp-content/plugins/),
or else search for it in the Install Plugins page from within WordPress and click on 'Install Now'.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Then you can add shortcodes, widgets, and classes to your website: see the
Description section for details.