Comments on: Weighted Random Authors (WordPress widget)

By: Jake Goldman

Jake Goldman — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:23:58 +0000

Jethro – the author links hyperlink to the built in “author archive” in WordPress, which can be customized with the template to do a number of things, including showing an archive of their posts, their profile, etc. I think it best to let the site owner customize the built in template, rather than introducing a new method for displaying author information.

As to its usefulness, it provides a solution to a niche problem. Some blogs have over a dozen authors; one of our clients didn’t want to show all of their authors, but wanted to feature a random set of 5 authors with an ability to “show more.” The client also wanted to create incentives for writers to generate more content.

This plug-in solves the “show more” problem, and solves the incentive problem by giving all authors a “chance” to show up, but weighting that chance toward the authors with the most posts.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:04 +0000

Hey There,

The plugin works, however, what it actually does is not that useful. The author hyperlinks to their profile – in a new page as opposed to a popup or some small dialogue box. I was under the impression the link would display a page listing all posts from that author.

Am I missing something?

By: Jake Goldman

Jake Goldman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:22:32 +0000

Hey Metin2Blog – good catch. Accidentally hardcoded wp_posts instead of using the WordPress variable in the inner SQL query. It’s been fixed and uploaded to the repository.

By: Metin2Blog

Metin2Blog — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:57:29 +0000

Hi,
i have the Error:

WordPress database error: [Unbekanntes Tabellenfeld 'wp_posts.post_author' in where clause]

(undefined tablefield)

it seems you have no Accept for Blogs with a induvidual DB string (Prefix) for the Table.

I have helped me if i correct the Substring before posts with my induvidual DB Prefix.

Please correct it if you can for the next Version.