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I would like to announce the WordPress Greasemonkey Competition. If you’ve never come across Greasemonkey scripts before, they allow the user to edit the appearance and function of a web page. There are currently only a few scripts available for WordPress, so this competition is designed to create more, often time saving tools.

One of the most effective ways of using Greasemonkey scripts with WordPress is with the administration pages. For example, Engtech’s Akismet Auntie Spam speeds up your spam checking, by limiting each spam comment to one line, and grouping spam by the amount from one IP address.

The beauty of combining Greasemonkey with WordPress is that even WordPress.com users, who can’t always have access to plugins can alter their administration pages to improve their workflow. For more examples check out the scripts tagged with WordPress on userscripts.org.

The competition will be running for one month, and will therefore end on the 1st November 2008. Entries will be accepted until midnight UK time. All entries must be sent to greasemonkey [at] epicalex [dot] com.

To encourage you all to participate, every entrant will be featured in a blog post at the end of the competition. More details of that to follow. We also have some great prizes up for grabs, the list at the moment is as follows:

• 1 $250 FlashDen voucher, and 2 $50 FlashDen vouchers.
• A pre-approved Woopra invitation from Lorelle.
• A signed copy of Lorelle’s Blogging Tips book.
• 3 single user Revolution Theme licences from Brian Gardner.
• A WordPress Mug, from me.

If you wish to donate a prize, please email greasemonkey [at] epicalex [dot] com.

To find out more about Greasemonkey scripts, and how to write them, check out Engtech’s series of posts.

• How to install Firefox extensions
• How to use Greasemonkey scripts
• How to be a Greasemonkey Ninja
• Un-minifying Javascript

The rules of the competition are as follows:

• All scripts must be designed for use with the WordPress administration pages, either .com or self-hosted.
• All scripts must be newly written and released during the competition period.
• All scripts must be available for download from Userscripts.org.
• A screenshot of the script in action must be submitted along with your submission, which must also contain a description of what the script does, and why it is beneficial to a user.

More details will be added with time. I look forward to receiving your scripts and trying them out!