Sitewide Recent Images

A widget for multisite blogs to feature recent images from all the blogs on their network

Author:Chris Harper (Longwood University) (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:3.1.4
Plugin version:1.0
Added to WordPress repository:09-11-2011
Last updated:09-11-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://blogs.longwood.edu/librarywerx/
Total downloads:2 794
Active installs:10+
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This plugin will add a widget that displays thumbnails of the most recently posted images from all the blogs in a network. It's highly optimized to be scalable for large networks, so it should need only about 100 database queries even for a network of thousands of sites. And to keep any performance drain as minimal as possible, the plugin utilizes caching with an adjustable update interval.

  • Note that images are taken only from blogs and posts which don't have privacy options enabled (compatible with More Privacy Options) and the image must be attached to a post. So essentially, only public images are shown.

The widget formatting is completely customizable via a template and/or CSS (if available). The template uses patterns that will plug in values for the following:

  • Image Title
  • Image Caption
  • Image Description
  • Image Thumbnail URL
  • Full Image URL
  • Image Publish Date
  • Parent Post Title
  • Parent Post URL
  • Blog URL

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