[post] AutoLoader 1.2.1 released

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+title: AutoLoader Plugin 1.2.1 for Pelican Released
+date: 2023-08-09 15:49 -0600
+tags: Pelican, Pelican Plugins, Releases, Python, Autoloader, CName, NoJekyll, Optimize Images, Post Stats, Static Comments, Summary (Pelican)
+Category: Pelican Plugins
+
+*AutoLoader* is a plugin for [Pelican](http://docs.getpelican.com/),
+a static site generator written in Python.
+
+*AutoLoader* is a "meta plugin" in that it doesn't directly affect your Pelican
+site, but rather works to make your other plugins better.
+
+<!-- PELICAN_BEGIN_SUMMARY -->
+This release of *Autoloader* is to fix a crashing bug when no plugins in the
+`minchin.pelican.readers` namespace are loaded.
+
+I also updated a number of other plugins to blacklist v1.2.0 to avoid these
+crashes.
+<!-- read more -->
+
+This actually came about because someone emailed me a bug report. So if you
+have issues, please feel free to reach out.
+
+## Upgrading
+
+The simplest way to upgrade (and install) *AutoLoader* is to use `pip`:
+
+~~~sh
+pip install minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader --upgrade
+~~~
+
+## Configuration
+
+There are no configuration changes needed.
+
+## This Release
+
+This release is v1.2.1, released August 9, 2023.
+
+- **bug**: don't break if no plugins exist in the namespace you are trying to
+  load from.
+
+## Other Links
+
+- [all release posts]({tag}autoloader) for *autoloader*
+- code, including full configuration directions, on GitHub at
+  [MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader)
+- [full
+  changelog](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.autoloader/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst)
+
+---
+
+## Other Plugins Updated
+
+These plugins were updated to blacklist the previous version of *Autoloader*
+(v1.2.0), and to add autoloading support if it wasn't previously in place.
+
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.cname](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.cname)
+  v1.3.4
+    - release version numbers 1.3.0 through 1.3.3 actually got "eaten" in
+      making the release process work as expected, and so don't represent
+      "proper" releases.
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.nojekyll](https://github.com/pelican-plugins/nojekyll)
+  v1.2.0
+    - this plugin is actually hosted by the
+      [Pelican-Plugin](https://github.com/pelican-plugins) organization, but
+      remains maintained by me for the time being.
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.optimize_images](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.optimize_images) v1.2.2
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.post_stats](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.post_stats) v1.2.0
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.static_comments](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.static_comments) v2.1.2
+- [minchin.pelican.plugins.summary](https://github.com/MinchinWeb/minchin.pelican.plugins.summary) v1.2.1