A highly customizable widget that sums the top authors on your blog.
Author: | Daniel Pataki (profile at wordpress.org) |
WordPress version required: | 3.5.0 |
WordPress version tested: | 4.2.27 |
Plugin version: | 1.0.11 |
Added to WordPress repository: | 26-10-2010 |
Last updated: | 10-06-2015
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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Rating, %: | 94 |
Rated by: | 6 |
Plugin URI: | |
Total downloads: | 16 941 |
Active installs: | 300+ |
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Top authors allows yoy to list your top authors with plenty of options. You can set the following in each widget:
- Widget title
- Roles to exclude
- Post types to include
- Authors to show
- 4 Preset display templates
- Custom display template that allows you to create a completely custom structure and modify the output before and after the list.
- Archive (category/tag/taxonomy) specific author lists
For a more detailed description of how you can set up custom author lists take a look at the other notes section. The plugin also has some developer friendly features, take a look at the other notes section for more.
Thanks
- Seb Van Dijk for donating this plugin to me for free, I owe you one
Screenshots
Gravatar Only Preset
Gravatar And Name Preset
List With Post Count Preset
Gravatar List With Post Count Preset
Custom Setup
Widget Settings
ChangeLog
1.0.11 (2015-06-10)
- Prevented warning from appearing if there were no posts in the main query
1.0.10 (2015-05-12)
- Added widget_title filter to the Widget title
1.0.9 (2015-05-12)
- Added the custom ID field
- Widget hidden if no authors
1.0.8 (2015-05-06)
- Added the ta/post_query filter for more control over the authors shown
1.0.7 (2015-05-06)
- Corrected a typo in a variable name
1.0.6 (2015-05-06)
- Corrected an issue with the Authors to show parameter
1.0.5 (2015-05-05)
- Corrected an typo in 1.0.4 which mixed up author ordering
1.0.4 (2015-05-05)
- A user count issue coupled with role restrictions has been fixed
1.0.3 (2015-05-05)
- Made sure post types work properly
1.0.2 (2015-05-05)
- Added textdomain properly
1.0.1 (2015-04-29)
- Implemented role exclusion properly
1.0.0 (2015-04-28)
- Category/Tag/Taxonomy archives can have separate author lists based on the category shown
- Post types can now be specified
- Gravatar sizes are now specified within the placeholder
- User meta fields can be pulled with a placeholder
- Completely recoded
- Standardized Widget UI
- Plugin can now be translated
- Added some developer friendly hooks
0.5.7
- Tested up to WP 3.5.1
- Added CPT type support and option in widget (check settings to turn on or off) – user request (realtega). Please feedback via: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-type-support-1)
- Pages will never be counted
0.5.6
- Tested with WP 3.5
- Added author id function on request of Gornahoor %author_id% will be the author ID
- Added author id link (non permalink) %link_author_id% will be www.linktoblog.com?author=1
0.5.5
- WP 3.3.1 update.
- Replaced deprecated function (now useing get_users)
- Fixed all notices when wp-debug is on.
0.5.4
- Fixed error when wordpress is installed outside of wp directory // thanks Crhis Nolan
0.5.3
- Tested WP3.1, no big changes.
0.5.2
- Nickname support
- Display name support
- Custom slug support (when using a plugin to rewrite author slug)
- Custom author link after slug (choose between username | nickname | display name)
0.5.1
- New feature to exclude authors with 0 posts (Thanks paul for request)
0.5
- New feature requested by vectorism (thank you): Exclude administrator users from the list.
Exclude function get information from wp_capabilities or blog_capabilities. If it’s not working on your blog, please contact me.
0.4.2
- bugfix sorting thanx Yusuf Savci for reporting!
0.4.1
- Replaced deprecated fuction (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_usernumposts) with count_many_users_posts
- Did some underwater code improvements.
- Added feedback link in widget, to get u guys involved 🙂
0.4
- Small bugfix in html template.
- added gravatar support
- added custom before and after the list tags
0.3.1
0.3
- Cleaner and more effective PHP code
- Added templating / self html support
- Replaced space in author name by dash so the link is more WP friendly
0.2
- Check if input is nummeric and between 1 and 99
0.1