New (1.1) version of my plugin Shorten2Ping is available.

In this new version I have added some major improvements:

• Added support for direct Twitter notification. Now you can choose to send your new blog post notification to Ping.fm or Twitter, even if you want can turn off completely notification system.
• Added support for Tr.im shortener service. Now you can choose to make shortened permalinks using Bit.ly or Tr.im, even if you want to only use notification system, you can turn off the shortener function.
• Reworked overall code to reduce database calls. Now only one call is done to retrieve all the options from the database.

You can download Shorten2Ping from WordPress extend directory if you want to install it manually (if you do so and already have this plugin installed, please, deactivate the plugin first prior to uploading the new version, and then activate again. This is required for importing old settings), or install it from your  WordPress dashboard and forget about all

If you want to know more about Shorten2Ping or need support, visit the Shorten2Ping official homepage.