Steven

This is an extension plugin for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/" rel="ugc">Connections Business Directory Plugin</a> please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin.
This extension plugin for started out just as a little experiment. I wanted to toy with face detection in images. I found this great little PHP library by <a href="https://github.com/mauricesvay/php-facedetection" rel="nofollow ugc">Karthik Tharavaad</a> that did just that. It works well for the most part but it is way too slow to be used for doing face detection on the fly. Then I remembered that <a href="http://techcrunch.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">TechCruch</a> released a library called <a href="https://github.com/techcrunch/wp-async-task" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Asynchronous Tasks</a>. What this neat little library does is allow intensive processes, you know, such as face detection, be processed asynchronously. After a short while I had the face detection running in background tasks. These background task could probably be more optimized but this is probably good enough for a first release.
Read this carefully…
Limitations: 
1. The first time an image in Connections is accessed, it will be processed in the background and until the image is finished processing, the image will be scaled and cropped from the center origin which is the default behavior. 
2. The face detection library can only detect a single face. So I suggest this extension only be used for people directories. 
3. The images should be clean and bright with the person facing as straight as possible for the best results. 
4. This very well could slow down the server for a period of time if there are a large number of images in the process queue. 
5. And … use at your own risk.
<a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/face-detect/" rel="nofollow ugc">Checkout the screenshots.</a>
Here are other great extensions that enhance your experience with the Connections Business Directory:
Utility
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-toolbar/" rel="ugc">Toolbar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-login/" rel="ugc">Login</a></li>
</ul>
Custom Fields
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hours/" rel="ugc">Business Hours</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-income-levels/" rel="ugc">Income Level</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-education-levels/" rel="ugc">Education Level</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-languages/" rel="ugc">Languages</a></li>
</ul>

Connections Business Directory Face Detect

Extension for the Connections Business Directory applies face detection when cropping an image.

This is an extension plugin for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/" rel="ugc">Connections Business Directory Plugin</a> please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin.
What does this plugin do? It adds restores the deprecated templates removed from the core Connections plugin, version 8.4.
Here are some great free extensions (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with the business directory:
Utility
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-toolbar/" rel="ugc">Toolbar</a> :: Provide quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-login/" rel="ugc">Login</a> :: Provides a simple to use login shortcode and widget.</li>
</ul>
Custom Fields
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hours/" rel="ugc">Business Hours</a> :: Add the business open hours.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-income-levels/" rel="ugc">Income Level</a> :: Add an income level.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-education-levels/" rel="ugc">Education Level</a> :: Add an education level.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-languages/" rel="ugc">Languages</a> :: Add languages spoken.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hobbies/" rel="ugc">Hobbies</a> :: Add hobbies.</li>
</ul>
Misc
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/" rel="ugc">Face Detect</a> :: Applies face detection before cropping an image.</li>
</ul>
Premium Extensions
<ul>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/authored/" rel="nofollow ugc">Authored</a> :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact</a> :: Displays a contact form on the entry’s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/csv-import/" rel="nofollow ugc">CSV Import</a> :: Bulk import your data in to your directory.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/custom-category-order/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Category Order</a> :: Order your categories exactly as you need them.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/form/" rel="nofollow ugc">Form</a> :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/link/" rel="nofollow ugc">Link</a> :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/rot13-email-encryption/" rel="nofollow ugc">ROT13 Encryption</a> :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spam bots.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/siteshot/" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteShot</a> :: Show a screen capture of the entry’s website.</li>
<li><a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/widget-pack/" rel="nofollow ugc">Widget Pack</a> :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.</li>
</ul>

Connections Business Directory Legacy Templates

Extension for the Connections Business Directory that restores deprecated templates.

Connections Business Directory Face Detect vs Connections Business Directory Legacy Templates