Author: Simon Goodchild

Requires BuddyPress.

Allows a page or post to display the most recently logged in members with how long since they last did any activity on the site. Options include showing a link to Private Message the member if logged in, the field to display as the members name and so on.

A live demonstration is available at BlueFlipper Diving

All options:

1. To change the number of members shown (defaults to 5):

   [hts-displaymembers count=10]

2. To change the displayed field (defaults to Display Name):

   [hts-displaymembers count=10 display=user_nicename]

3. You can use any field in the wp_users table or wp_usermeta table, for example:

• display_name
• user_nicename
• user_email
• user_url
• first_name
• last_name
• nickname

1. To change the size of the avatar (defaults to 50px):

   [hts-displaymembers avatar_size=128]

2. To not display the email icon (default to true):

   [hts-displaymembers emailicon=false]

3. To not display the email link (default to true):

   [hts-displaymembers emaillink=false]

4. To display debug information (default to false):

   [hts-displaymembers debug=true]

1. Upload the plug-in folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Including in a page or post

To call it with a shortcode, put the following in a page or post:

  [hts-displaymembers]

To add options as in the description, pass as parameters.
See plug-in description for all options. eg:

  [hts-displaymembers count=10 display=user_nicename]

Including in a theme

To call it from within a theme, you have to wrap it in this PHP function:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[hts-displaymembers count="10" field="display_name"]'); ?>

Q. How do I change the style of the list?
A. In the plugin folder is a .css file that you can edit, remember to keep your changes and re-apply them after updating the plugin in future.

You can confirm the path for the file by switching on the debug information (see Plug-in
description) and looking for the value for STYLESHEETPATH. This is the file you need to create.

1. 

   Screenshot of a recent active member list

2. 

   Bigger screenshot showing within a larger page

0.1

First version, no changes yet

0.2

1. Added check for BuddyPress installation
2. Fixed debug check for stylesheet availability
3. Updated readme to state BuddyPress is required