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Add WriteToThem.com to your Wordpress blog

December 10, 2009

If you’ve not heard of WriteToThem.com before, it’s a great site by mySociety which makes contact politicians really easy, whether that’s your local councillors or your MP, regional assembly member or MEP.

To make it even easier for readers of your own blog, I’ve just finished the first phase of a new plugin for Wordpress. It provides you with a new widget based on WriteToThem.com which will provide an easy way for your readers to get in touch with their politicians.

Below is a video showing how to set the widget up and there are also written instructions. The plugin itself can be downloaded from my website where you can also subscribe to updates. Once you’ve downloaded the plugin, follow these instructions on how to manually install a plugin. If you have any suggestions, questions or comments please use the comments section.

Instructions

1. Go to Plugins
2. Activate the WriteToThem plugin
3. Go to Appearance > Widgets
4. Drag the WriteToThem widget to your sidebar
5. Configure the settings according to your preferred display
6. Check your blog and you should see the new widget added to your sidebar

Filed under: hyperlocal, hyperlocal labs

Tags: democracy, hyperlocal, plugin, politics, widget, wordpress, writetothem