Update (2012/11/08): Well the elections are over and Ron Paul was not elected to be the next president of the United States. Deeper implications aside, the Ron Paul 2012 plugin is now discontinued. If you’re looking for a WordPress plugin to display a banner, button, or badge on your website, check out my new plugin Show Support Ribbon.</update>

I wanted to show support for Ron Paul on my WordPress website with a simple badge or button. Surprised at not finding any plugins for Ron Paul in the Directory, I decided to be the first. You can grab it here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ron-paul-2012/

..or from the comfort of your WordPress Admin area. Once logged in, visit Plugins > Add New. Then search for “Ron Paul 2012″ and you should see it (because it’s the only one — for now). If it looks good you can install the plugin directly from there.

The plugin is meant to simple, and contains only two files:

• readme.txt
• ron-paul-2012.php

The badge displayed on the front-end is created with inline CSS (no images) to keep it all in one place.

Installation & Usage

Visit the “Ron Paul 2012″ options page, choose your settings, save changes, done.

Screenshots

Here are screenshots of the 3 pre-defined badge styles:

Here is a shot of the Options page:

Plugin Options/Settings page

Customizing

Use the “Custom” option and add your own CSS styles.

Custom CSS options

Feedback

Help and ideas appreciated. Leave a comment or send an email. Thanks.