A state legislative tracking system for activist organizations.
| Author: | Dan Roberts (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 4.3 |
| WordPress version tested: | 4.8.3 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 04-11-2015 |
| Last updated: | 06-11-2017
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, %: | 100 |
| Rated by: | 1 |
| Plugin URI: | http://droberts.us/legisearch |
| Total downloads: | 1 739 |
| Active installs: | 20+ |
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Screenshots
Settings page. You must at least register an Open States API Key (free) in order for this plugin to work properly.
Search for existing state legislation from any state over several years
The All Bills page shows all legislation you are tracking
Select which votes to show to your visitors
Simple shortcode allows users to find their state legilsators based on address or you can present them links to specific legislators or an entire Senate or State Assembly.
This is what the user sees after they search by address
Legislator page showing contct information and voting record for votes you are tracking
It is simple to show an entire legislative chamber such as the State Senate or Assembly
Installation Instructions
- Go to Plugins > Add New
- Click the Upload Plugin button
- Select wp-legisearch.zip
- Activate the plugin
- Go to Legisearch > Settings to set up the API keys
- Use [legisearch_addresslookup] shortcode to create an address form for looking up legislators
- Use [legisearch_chamberlink state=”” chamber=”upper”] or [legisearch_chamberlink state=”” chamber=”lower”] to display a link to the ‘s upper and lower legislative chambers. Replace with the two-letter postal code for the state.
- See Plugin homepage for details on setting up API Keys and customizing
The information on a legislator or bill is incorrect. How do I fix it?
All legislative information is pulled from the Open States API and temporarily cached in your database. If you find that information is incorrect, you should first try clearing the cache in the Settings page. If the information is still incorrect, you may need to wait for Open States to correct the data.
I get an error on the geo result page that says my API key is invalid
You not only need a Google Maps API key, you also need to enable the Google Maps Javascript API. In the Developers Console, go to your project. In the dashboard of your project, you will see a “Use Google APIs” box. Click on the “Enable and manage APIs” link. On the new page, click “Google Maps Javascript API” and enable. Do the same for the “Google Maps Geocoding API.”
ChangeLog
1.3.3
- Supports new API format from Open States API
1.3.2
- Changed to support the now-independent Open States API
1.3.1
- Fixed a bug related to Open States caching that made processing super slow
1.3
- Added preference tracking for votes
1.2
- API Keys will now save when updating or reactivating plugin
- Improved caching of Open States data
- Added sponsorship support
1.1
- Updated the title and content filters because some themes weren’t handling them properly.
- Improved handling of apostrophes and quotes for bill and vote descriptions.
1.0
